How To Fix /AIF/MES396 - Dest. structure &1 is different from original dest. structure &2

/AIF/MES396 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /AIF/MES -

• Message number: 396

• Message text: Dest. structure &1 is different from original dest. structure &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /AIF/MES396 - Dest. structure &1 is different from original dest. structure &2 ?

  The SAP error message /AIF/MES396 Dest. structure &1 is different from original dest. structure &2 typically occurs in the context of the Application Interface Framework (AIF) when there is a mismatch between the expected structure of the destination message and the original structure of the message being processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Structure Mismatch: The error indicates that the destination structure (the structure that the message is supposed to be transformed into) does not match the original structure (the structure of the incoming message). This can happen if:
  
  The mapping configuration has been changed after the original message was defined.
  The message type or interface has been modified, leading to differences in the expected data structure.
  There are inconsistencies in the data types or fields between the source and destination structures.
  
  
  
  Versioning Issues: If there are multiple versions of the message structure, the system might be trying to map an older version of the message to a newer version