How To Fix BL017 - There is no long text for message & &

BL017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BL - Application Log

• Message number: 017

• Message text: There is no long text for message & &

Self-Explanatory Message

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BL017 - Details

• The SAP error message BL017 ("There is no long text for message & &") typically indicates that the system is trying to retrieve a long text for a specific message, but it cannot find any associated long text. This can occur in various contexts, such as during the processing of documents, transactions, or when displaying messages in the SAP GUI.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Long Text: The most common cause is that the long text for the specified message number is not maintained in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the message handling or text management settings.
  Custom Development: If there are custom programs or enhancements, they might not have the long text defined for certain messages.
  Transport Issues: If the message texts were transported from one system to another (e.g., from development to production), the long text might not have been included in the transport request.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Maintain Long Text:
  
  Go to transaction SE91 (Message