Generated by Jive on 2014-06-17+02:00 1 SAP ERP - Logistics Materials Management (SAP MM): Myth Buster: Any system message can be set to warning or error Jürgen L2014/6/15It is time to clear up a widely mistaken belief, although it became almost established as truth due to the massive wrong answers given in a high disproportion when someone failed to search or is seeking for a new answer to the question "How to make error message & a warning?" or "Changing warning message to error not working" It is really interesting to see how attractive such questions are. Within a few minutes several answers are pointing to the customizing. Some mention the IMG path others are giving the transaction code to the same customizing. I wonder from where these suggestions are taken. D id they look up ol der questions and just repeat the answer? Or do they just believe that any system message can be customized, one only has to know the right customizing transaction. So the typical discussion goes like this: "I want to make message MM 081 to become an error" "no problem - execute OMT4 and add this message and maintain an E for error" Why was he shocked? OMT4 does not even have a "New Entry"-Button
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7/25/2019 Myth Buster Any System Message Can Be Set to Warning or Error
SAP ERP - Logistics Materials Management (SAP MM): Myth Buster: Any system message can be set to
warning or error
Generated by Jive on 2014-06-17+02:00
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Have you ever tried to start a car that you see in a parking space with your own keys? Why not? Probably
because you know that you cannot use any key to drive any car. Why are you assuming it for any message in
SAP?
Just imagine the car is transaction where you expect the warning or error according to your entry (the key) in
table T160M (ignition lock). You already smashed the window to open the door (SM30, because OMT4 did not
let you in)
Still the motor does not start. Are you disappointed?
Like the ignition lock needs the right key, your SAP transaction needs the right ABAP that recognize your entry.
If SAP has not foreseen a variable message in its ABAP coding, then you enter as much as you want in
T160M, it will just not work.
SAP's system messages are all stored in table T100, a small subset is foreseen to be customized, these are
stored in table T160M.
T160M entries are delivered by SAP. Some more messages can be added because the programs have been
prepared for this. Those new entries are usually communicated via OSS notes.
How to know if a message is customizable which is not yet in T160M?• Search SCN, if you find a "Hooray, it works" then you got already a good indication.
• search SAP Support Portal
• Check it from transaction SE91 Message Maintenance, you should know some basics in ABAPlanguage.
• In SE91 enter your message class and message number and click the Where-used button. SAPgives you a list of programs. double click the description on the right and SAP takes you into the