DATASET_CANT_OPEN SAP ABAP Runtime Error dataset cant open

DATASET_CANT_OPEN is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.

Short Dump Classification: A - ABAP Programming Error

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DATASET_CANT_OPEN ABAP Runtime Error

Check whether the specified path exists or make sure that application server <runtime parameter>-WHOST can access the path in question. Please see search hints for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

Please see send to sap for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

File <runtime parameter> cannot be opened. Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

File <runtime parameter> could not be opened.

File: <runtime parameter>
Error text: <runtime parameter>
Error code: <runtime parameter>

Note that programs to be processed in the background are executed on an application server which has background processes. This means that files might be opened in a different application server. There are several possibilities: Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

Please see internal error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

The specified path cannot be accessed from application server <runtime parameter>-WHOST.