How To Fix 42030 - No vacant categories available

42030 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 42 - Information Workbench

• Message number: 030

• Message text: No vacant categories available

What causes this issue?

The autoconfiguration of content servers searches for storage
categories that belong to a document area and to which no repository
is assigned. Typically, this is the case following first customer
delivery of applications, in which the documents are to be stored
on an external content
server, (for example, Knowledge Warehouse). No such "vacant" storage
categories can be found in your system.

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

Either all the required settings have been made in your system, be it
by autoconfiguration or manually in
Customizing, or there are no applications needing these settings.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 42030 - No vacant categories available ?

  The SAP error message "42030 No vacant categories available" typically occurs in the context of SAP's classification system, particularly when dealing with material master records or classification data. This error indicates that there are no available categories for the classification of a particular object, such as a material or a document.
  
  Cause:
  
  No Available Categories: The primary cause of this error is that there are no vacant or available classification categories in the system for the object you are trying to classify.
  
  Configuration Issues: The classification system may not be properly configured, or the relevant categories may not have been created or activated.
  Authorization Issues: Sometimes, the user may not have the necessary authorizations to access or create categories.
  Data Integrity Issues: There may be inconsistencies or issues with the data in the classification system.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Available Categories: 
  
  Go to the classification view in the material master or the relevant object and check if there are