12654 SAP OSS Note - Generation error in update program

Key word: Termination


The update program terminates with message


Error 061: Error generating program RMCX...


          E 078 "UPDATE DBTAB SET F = +/- V" is only allowed for ...






Cause of the problem and Pre-requisites

The high-performance ABAP/4 command "UPDATE DBTAB SET .." is used in the


generated update source code to update the data in the inform

ation structure.


This command does not allow the cumulative UPDATE of fields defined with


type NUMC or CHAR, date, time in the ABAP/4 Data Dictionary.

1. "Cumulative update" cannot be used for fields with data type CHAR;


only "data transport".

2. For fields with data type NUMC ..


              Normally, when info structures are generated, the


technical characteristics of the source fields are copied for the new

fields in the info structure. Data type NUMC of the source field,


however, is not allowed for the subsequent definition of the update.

               By specifying a reference field in the field catalog that


differs from the source field, you enable differing technical

 characteristics (including the data type) to be used.


              Using a new reference field with data type CURR, QUAN,

. will solve the problem.               Example: You want the "Number of


shipping units" field (source field MCLIKP-ANZPK) in deliveri

es to be updated to an info structure. However, the source field in the


delivery header is of type NUMC. If you use the "cumulative up

date" method, the above error occurs when generation is carried out. To


get round this problem, you must use a different key figure in

 the information structure.               WHAT TO DO:


              Define a new key figure for the "number of shipping units"

ure that its field has different technical characteristics than source


field MCLIKP-ANZPK. You can use the number fields (number of or

der items, number of returns items, ...) in structure MCVKENNZ1 as a


reference for defining the field in the ABAP/4 Data Dictionary. S

tore the newly defined field in the field catalog as a reference field


for the key figure "Number of shipping units".               Fo

r instructions on how to define and use a reference field, see the


Implementation Guide for Logistics Controlling under "Field catalog

s" in "Data retrieval". As of Release 3.0, the documentation can be


found in the Implementation Guide under "Logistics - General --> L

ogistics Information System (LIS) --> Logistics Data Warehouse --> Data


Basis --> Field Catalogs".               After having changed

the field catalog, you also have to change the info structure. First,


delete the old key figure "Number of shipping units" from the in

fo structure. Second, choose the key figure again from the changed field


catalog. The new reference field with the correct technical c

haracteristics is now used to generate the info structure. Once you have


generated the info structure, you must modify the update defi

nition. For this purpose, delete the update rule for the key figure


"Number of shipping units" and then create it again using the "Res

tore" function. Once the update rules have been defined, the update


generation will no longer cause any errors.

Implement the attached corrections in Releases 3.1I through 4.6C.






Description of problem 

M2078, M2, 078, UPDATE, dbtab, SET