How To Fix B1632 - Number of open change pointers using the defined selection criteria

B1632 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: B1 - ALE group messages

• Message number: 632

• Message text: Number of open change pointers using the defined selection criteria

What causes this issue?

Contains a performance attribute that specifies the number of open
change pointes for this ALE monitoring object.

How to fix this error?

You can process open change pointers with transaction BD21.

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message B1632 - Number of open change pointers using the defined selection criteria ?

  The SAP error message B1632 indicates that the number of open change pointers exceeds the limit defined in the system for the selection criteria you are using. Change pointers are used in SAP to track changes to data that can be sent to other systems or processed in some way, typically in the context of ALE (Application Link Enabling) and IDoc processing.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when the system attempts to process change pointers, but the number of change pointers that match the selection criteria exceeds the maximum limit set in the system. This can happen due to:
  
  High Volume of Change Pointers: There may be a large number of changes that have been recorded, and the system is unable to process them all at once.
  Configuration Settings: The limit for the number of change pointers that can be processed at one time may be set too low for your current data volume.
  Selection Criteria: