How To Fix FCOM_PLANNING_CORE125 - Characteristic &1 is too long

FCOM_PLANNING_CORE125 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FCOM_PLANNING_CORE - Messages for Package FCOM_PLANNING_CORE

• Message number: 125

• Message text: Characteristic &1 is too long

What causes this issue?

Characteristic &V1& is one of the following:
Defined as a cost object or partner object in the parameters of planning
function &V2& of type 'Cost Simulation' (/ERP/SFIN_FT01)
Defined as 'GL Account Characteristic' in the parameters of the planning
function or it is
A block characteristic for the planning function
For all three cases, the field length of the characteristic must not
exceed a certain length. For cost object characteristics and partner
object characteristics the maximal field length is 60. For the GL
Account characteristic, the maximal field length is 10. Characteristics
longer than that are not supported.
If one of these characteristics is too long, an error message is
generated and processing of the planning function is aborted.

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

System Response

The system aborts processing of the planning function.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Ensure that the aggregation level &V3& and the planning function &V2&
are defined correctly with respect to these restrictions. In particular
ensure that the "Cost Object Characteristics", the "Partner Object
Characteristics" and the "GL Account Characteristic" parameters are
maintained correctly in the parameters of the planning function.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FCOM_PLANNING_CORE125 - Characteristic &1 is too long ?

  The SAP error message FCOM_PLANNING_CORE125 indicates that a characteristic value you are trying to use in a planning scenario is too long. This typically occurs in the context of SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) or SAP S/4HANA when dealing with characteristics in planning models.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by the characteristic value exceeding the maximum length defined for that characteristic in the system. Each characteristic in SAP has a predefined length, and if the value you are trying to input exceeds this length, the system will throw this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Characteristic Definition:
  
  Go to the characteristic definition in the SAP system and check the maximum length allowed for the characteristic in question (denoted as &1 in the error message).
  You can do this by navigating to the relevant configuration area in SAP (e.g., transaction code RSCUSTV10 for characteristics in BW or the relevant IBP configuration).
  
  
  
  Modify