278 SAP Message of Class IW Maintain material short text for material &1 in language &2

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278(IW) - Maintain material short text for material &1 in language &2

Message number 278 of class IW is used to display message "Maintain material short text for material &1 in language &2" and can be triggered using the following ABAP code:

DATA: lv_val1(100) TYPE C.
lv_val1 = '123'.

    MESSAGE E278(IW) WITH lv_val1. "Error message example

    MESSAGE W278(IW) WITH lv_val1. "Warning message example

    MESSAGE I278(IW) WITH lv_val1. "Information message example
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What causes this issue

You included a maintenance task
list into the maintenance orderwhich contains the material &V1& For thismaterial, no short text exists in the system in the language of themaintenance order (&V2&).

System Response

INCLUDE 'KEINE-VERARBEITUNG' OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE E

How to fix

Maintain the material
description in language &V2&:IF &DEVICE& = 'SCREEN'Proceed
ENDIFINCLUDE 'DARF-NICHT' OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE E

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