Bypassing planning function by end-user?

Hi All,
I'm in a very strange situation.
I've a planning function that checks "valid dates & Cal Quarter" & raises an error message if valid dates are not within the Cal Quarter.
I thoroughly tested & made sure that no way end users can save the record into the cube if there is an error.
But, somehow, users are able to save the records even if the Valid Dates are not falling within the Cal Quarter.
I even tried to simulate by creating the same erroneous record & couldn't able to save the record into the cube by any means.
Is there a way to skip the erroneous message & still save the data into the cube?
I couldn't able to track down how users were able to save the erroneous records.
It's been happening many times.
It's just a normal manual planning layout in GUI with no Macros.
Appreciate if anyone could share your experiences on this.

Marc,
Thanks for your reply. we have not provided any data load functions for end users & at the same time, no admin function creates any record with valid dates.
I'm still validating the creation of erroneous record in more detail.
Akash & Nimmi,
thanks for your reply.
I've checked all the possibilities but nothing seems to be suspicious.
Check1.
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It's a FOX planning function & is executed automatically (same function is embedded 2 times as "function before layout open" & "function before layout change".
execution of this function from the folder was successful with an error message after restricting the level & package to only a single record that is being created.
(we have a need to put the same function 2 times)
No data slices are set up at planning area level.
Check2.
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I limited the data selection for only a single record that is being created & executed the function in simulation mode which successfully raised an error message.
check3.
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might not be applicable (as issue is that "error message is not coming up"). Anyhow, I did go to detailed error message & verified that function is getting executed for the right selection of characteristic values.

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