SAP Message 5A489 - Assignment to subordinate objects (&, for example), not possible.

Diagnosis
An object (organizational unit, position, ...) should be eithercompletely deleted or be deleted from a certain date ("terminated"). Inany case, there are still dependent objects that are related to theobject that is to be deleted.
Example:

  • positions are still assigned to an organizational unit or

  • other organizational units are still subordinate to an organizational
  • unit or a master cost center is still assigned to an organizationalunit
    • a person or a user is still assigned to a position.

    • In these cases, you can not delete or terminate the object.

      System Response
      No deletion has been performed.

      Procedure
      Remove any subordinate objects (organizational units, positions, mastercost centers, etc.) by deleting, moving or terminating them.