How To Fix 37217 - Permanent help key for values for & will be ignored at runtime

37217 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 37 - Screen Painter

• Message number: 217

• Message text: Permanent help key for values for & will be ignored at runtime

What causes this issue?

You are editing an element of a table control and want to assign the
value
2 - permanent input help key
to the "input help key" attribute.

System Response

This attribute value will be ignored at runtime.
To prevent following columns always being obscured by the input help
key, the system assigns the value
empty - temporary input help at cursor position, if possible
instead.

How to fix this error?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

37217 - Details

• The SAP error message "37217 Permanent help key for values for & will be ignored at runtime" typically occurs in the context of SAP's ABAP programming environment, particularly when dealing with the use of help values (like F4 help) in selection screens or input fields.
  
  Cause:
  This error message indicates that there is a problem with the definition of a help key for a field in a selection screen or a dialog. Specifically, it suggests that the help key defined for a particular field is not valid or is not being recognized at runtime. This can happen due to several reasons, such as:
  
  Incorrect Definition: The help key might not be correctly defined in the data dictionary or in the program.
  Missing Data: The underlying table or structure that the help key is supposed to reference may not contain the expected data.
  Field Attributes: The field attributes may not be set correctly, leading to the