How To Fix FCOM_FIN_FI008 - Please Restrict your selection criteria

FCOM_FIN_FI008 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FCOM_FIN_FI -

• Message number: 008

• Message text: Please Restrict your selection criteria

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FCOM_FIN_FI008 - Details

• The SAP error message FCOM_FIN_FI008: "Please restrict your selection criteria" typically occurs in the context of financial operations, particularly when dealing with reports or transactions that involve a large dataset. This error indicates that the selection criteria you have provided are too broad, leading to an excessive number of records being processed, which can impact system performance.
  
  Cause:
  
  Broad Selection Criteria: The criteria you have entered for the report or transaction may be too general, resulting in a large volume of data being retrieved.
  System Performance: SAP has built-in limitations to prevent performance issues that can arise from processing too many records at once.
  Configuration Settings: There may be specific settings in the SAP system that limit the number of records that can be processed in a single query.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Narrow Down Selection Criteria: Modify your selection criteria to be more specific. For example, if you are filtering by date, try to limit the date range.