R12 Incorrect Effective Date To Displays The Error: The effective date range overlaps an existing effective date range (Doc ID 2215330.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

When adding an employee rate on a defined rate schedule the following error occurs.

ERROR
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The effective date range overlaps an existing effective date range

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Projects responsibility > Setup > Expenditures > Rate Schedules
Find your Operating Unit and the defined Schedule.

2. On the Employee tab > enter by mistake the employee number with incorrect 'Effective Date To'
Effective Date From : first day of any month in the current year (example: 01-OCT-2016)
Effective Date To : many years beyond the current year (example: 01-OCT-2026)

3. Then On Employee tab > enter the same employee number but now correctly with 'Effective Date To'
Effective Date From : first day of any month in the current year (example: 01-OCT-2016)
Effective Date To : set as blank

4. Error occurs

Changes

Cause

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