How To Fix 6P142 - The period of examination contains more than 100 schedule line dates

6P142 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 6P - Messages for planned independent requirements (Appl.area 60)

• Message number: 142

• Message text: The period of examination contains more than 100 schedule line dates

What causes this issue?

At least 50 various schedule lines can be transferred via the EXCEL
interface. The planned independent requirement of the entered material
contains more than 50 schedule lines.

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

How to fix this error?

Limit the period of examination so that it contains less than 50
schedule lines.&CAUSE&

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 6P142 - The period of examination contains more than 100 schedule line dates ?

  The SAP error message 6P142 indicates that the period of examination contains more than 100 schedule line dates. This typically occurs in the context of sales and distribution (SD) or materials management (MM) when processing sales orders, deliveries, or other related documents that involve scheduling.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when the system attempts to process a request that includes more than 100 schedule line dates within a specified period. This can happen in scenarios such as:
  
  A sales order with a large number of line items that have different delivery dates.
  A planning run that generates too many schedule lines for a given time frame.
  A configuration that allows for too many delivery dates to be generated for a single order.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Reduce the Number of Schedule Lines:
  
  Review the sales order or delivery and see if you can consolidate items or reduce the number of delivery dates.
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