SAP ABAP Message Class 5P Message Number 386 (E: The total field lengths of the decision operations are too great)
Hierarchy
SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR
   PA-PA (Application Component) Personnel Administration
     PBAS (Package) SAP HR Master Data Application Development
Attribute
Message class 5P  
Short Description Error Messages for Schema, Pers.Calc.Rule and Feature Checks    
Message Number 386  
Documentation status       Space: object requires documentation
Authorization check Error Message      
Changed On 19980320   
Message Text
E: The total field lengths of the decision operations are too great
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Diagnosis

The length of the field values of decision operation fields located in a path of the hierarchy tree, with one byte of space to separate one field from the next, is greater than 18 bytes.

System Response

Procedure

Check that the field contents actually correspond to the field length.

Example 1: You need a decision operation for the FCODE field. As of Release 4.0, the field has a length of 20 bytes. However, all of the contents expected for FCODE consist of just four characters. In this case, enter your decision operation for FCODE with a length of 4.

Example 2: The field contents are not completely different each time. Instead, just two characters differ as of the third character. In this case, enter your decision operation for this field with offset 2 (offset = position - 1) and a length of 2.

History
Last changed on/by 19980407  SAP 
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