API error: Element link does not exist for the duration of the entry

Question

I am trying to create an element using the API_PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRY.CREATE_ELEMENT_ENTRY API
While I am able to create many elements for years this way, for one particular non-recurring element I get the following error
ORA-20001: Element link does not exist for the duration of the entry
Cause: The link has been purged or date effectively deleted.
Action: Check the effective start and end dates on the link definitions for this element.
I have checked evertything and the Link is defined far before my element entry starts and with no end date. The assignment I want to attach this element entry is perfectly eligible.
The weirdest is that I am able to create this element entry with the values I want and the dates I want through standard User interface...
Any idea?
Message was edited by:
briard

Answer 1

Here are the parameters I use in my call.
DECLARE
L_EFFECTIVE_START_DATE DATE;
L_EFFECTIVE_END_DATE DATE;
L_ELEMENT_ENTRY_ID NUMBER;
L_OBJECT_VERSION_NUMBER NUMBER;
L_WARNING BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
APPS.PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRY_API.CREATE_ELEMENT_ENTRY(
P_EFFECTIVE_DATE => TO_DATE('01-JUL-2008','DD-MON-YYYY'),
P_BUSINESS_GROUP_ID => 1,
P_ASSIGNMENT_ID => 122147
P_ELEMENT_LINK_ID => 233,
P_ENTRY_TYPE => 'E',
P_INPUT_VALUE_ID1 => 313,
P_ENTRY_VALUE1 => 'T',
P_INPUT_VALUE_ID2 => 314,
P_ENTRY_VALUE2 => '5',
-- out params
P_EFFECTIVE_START_DATE => L_EFFECTIVE_START_DATE,
P_EFFECTIVE_END_DATE => L_EFFECTIVE_END_DATE,
P_ELEMENT_ENTRY_ID => L_ELEMENT_ENTRY_ID,
P_OBJECT_VERSION_NUMBER => L_OBJECT_VERSION_NUMBER,
P_CREATE_WARNING => L_WARNING);
END;
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