Error message in portal when manager tries to submit a PCR

Question

Hi
I have an unusual / rare case that no-one seems to have come across before in the technical team, where a manager with MSS access is trying to submit a personnel change request to modify an employee's position (just a change in part time hours for the WSR) in the portal. When the manager goes through the action all is fine. At the end when they click on the submit button, they receive the following message which prevents them from sending the PCR:
There is an error message submitting your request. The error text is:
Enter a valid date (for example,)
Has anyone come across such an issue before possibly ? In our test environment we do not encounter the same issue as in production for this manager and so it's a little odd as we are not able to replicate the problem.
Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Nicola

Answer 1

Hello,
I assume you've checked all the dates entered to see if they are valid, but what dates have been entered (if any)?
What happens if he tries again, same result?
Have you tried turning on the debugger to see where it's coming from?
Also, check the date settings for that user (eg DD.MM.YYYY) to see if they're unexpected.
OSS Note 1095770 explains that the error message (888 from the message class FK)
was changed from:
Enter a valid date (for example, 01.01.1996)
to:
Enter a valid date (for example, &)
and in the code change I see that the variable gets set this way:
l_date_format(15)   TYPE c.
WRITE sy-datum TO l_date_format.
So it would seem that user is having a problem writing sy-datum. Again, check his user settings.
regards
Rick Bakker
Hanabi Technology