How To Fix 42107 - Help management data entirely deleted

42107 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 42 - Information Workbench

• Message number: 107

• Message text: Help management data entirely deleted

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42107 - Details

• The SAP error message 42107, which states "Help management data entirely deleted," typically occurs in the context of SAP's help management system, particularly when there is an issue with the help data associated with a particular object or transaction.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Deletion of Help Data: The error usually indicates that the help management data for a specific object has been completely deleted or is missing. This can happen due to:
  
  Manual deletion of help data.
  System upgrades or migrations that did not properly carry over help data.
  Corruption of the help data in the database.
  
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the help management settings that lead to the system not being able to find the required help data.
  
  
  Transport Issues: If help data was transported from one system to another (e.g., from development to production), and the transport did not include the necessary help data, this error can occur.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Recreate Help Data: If the help data