556 SAP Message of Class IW System: field overflow during duration calculation

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556(IW) - System: field overflow during duration calculation

Message number 556 of class IW is used to display message "System: field overflow during duration calculation" and can be triggered using the following ABAP code:

    MESSAGE W556(IW). "Warning message example
    MESSAGE I556(IW). "Information message example
    MESSAGE E556(IW). "Error message example
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What causes this issue

You entered a number in the field Work that is greater than
9999, and want the system to calculate theduration.

System Response

The system issues a warning that the calculation would lead to a field
overflow, and does not carry out the calculation.

How to fix

Divide the operation, so that the calculation gives you a result
smaller than 10000.
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