From 553bc87ac7665dad83ec56eaafa6888da441e63f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rucha Mahabal <ruchamahabal2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fallback to Personal Email for user creation just like
 client-side

(cherry picked from commit 31af13a5e6fa776041ef9ba2afcfc10c8f46eba2)
---
 erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json |  6 +++---
 erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py   | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json
index dbaa1a168f2..03f68b91dc5 100644
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
   "contact_details",
   "cell_number",
   "column_break_40",
-  "personal_email",
   "company_email",
+  "personal_email",
   "column_break4",
   "prefered_contact_email",
   "prefered_email",
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
   {
    "default": "0",
    "depends_on": "eval:doc.__islocal && !doc.user_id",
-   "description": "This will create User for this employee depending on the Company Email.",
+   "description": "Creates a User account for this employee using the Preferred, Company, or Personal email.",
    "fieldname": "create_user_automatically",
    "fieldtype": "Check",
    "label": "Create User Automatically",
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
  "image_field": "image",
  "is_tree": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2026-03-23 14:05:42.144641",
+ "modified": "2026-03-23 15:26:05.149280",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Setup",
  "name": "Employee",
diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
index b577b2f0885..d66d091320b 100755
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ class Employee(NestedSet):
 			self.validate_duplicate_user_id()
 
 	def validate_auto_user_creation(self):
-		if self.create_user_automatically and not (self.prefered_email or self.company_email):
+		if self.create_user_automatically and not (
+			self.prefered_email or self.company_email or self.personal_email
+		):
 			frappe.throw(
-				_(
-					"Company Email or Preferred Email is mandatory when 'Create User Automatically' is enabled"
-				),
+				_("Company or Personal Email is mandatory when 'Create User Automatically' is enabled"),
 				frappe.MandatoryError,
 				title=_("Auto User Creation Error"),
 			)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class Employee(NestedSet):
 
 		create_user(
 			employee=self.name,
-			email=self.prefered_email or self.company_email,
+			email=self.prefered_email or self.company_email or self.personal_email,
 			create_user_permission=self.create_user_permission,
 		)