How To Fix DBMAN970 - Staging table &1 is not empty. Wait until loading has completed

DBMAN970 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: DBMAN - Data Manager Message Class

• Message number: 970

• Message text: Staging table &1 is not empty. Wait until loading has completed

What causes this issue?

Due to of a metadata change, the InfoCubes#s delta staging table needs
to be regenerated. It is not yet empty though.

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

This is probably due to a parallel load process that is still running.

System Response

Generation of the staging table is terminated.

How to fix this error?

Check whether other load processes to the InfoCube are taking place.
When load processes terminate, the status needs to be set to red
manually. The InfoCube must not contain any yellow requests.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message DBMAN970 - Staging table &1 is not empty. Wait until loading has completed ?

  The SAP error message DBMAN970 indicates that a staging table is not empty, which prevents further loading operations from being executed. This typically occurs in the context of data loading processes, such as during the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) phases in SAP BW (Business Warehouse) or SAP HANA.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  A previous data load process has not completed successfully, leaving data in the staging table.
  There is a long-running process that is still writing to the staging table.
  A previous job was interrupted, and the staging table was not cleared.
  There may be a lock on the staging table due to concurrent processes.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the DBMAN970 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Running Processes:
  
  Use transaction codes like SM66 or SM50 to check for any active processes that might be using the staging table. If you find any, you may need to wait for them to complete or terminate them if they