How To Fix IH122 - Selection criteria not explicit

IH122 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IH - structuring

• Message number: 122

• Message text: Selection criteria not explicit

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

The report is not started.

How to fix this error?

Check your selection criteria. The report does allow you to perform
searches based on different criteria, but just the one criterion is
sensible for each program run.
Example: A selection by material number and equipment is possible, but
each time the report is run, selection can only be performed by either
material number or equipment.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

IH122 - Details

• The SAP error message IH122, which states "Selection criteria not explicit," typically occurs in the context of the SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) module when you are trying to execute a report or transaction that requires specific selection criteria to be defined, but those criteria are either missing or not sufficiently detailed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Insufficient Selection Criteria: The most common cause of this error is that the selection criteria you have provided are too vague or not specific enough for the system to process the request. For example, if you are trying to retrieve maintenance orders without specifying a plant or order type, the system may not know how to filter the data.
  Missing Required Fields: Certain fields may be mandatory for the report or transaction you are trying to execute, and if they are left blank, the system will throw this error.
  Incorrect Transaction Code: Sometimes, using the wrong transaction code can lead to this