How To Fix IM041 - System: error when reading notification category table. Key: &

IM041 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IM - Maintenance notifications

• Message number: 041

• Message text: System: error when reading notification category table. Key: &

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

How to fix this error?

INCLUDE NA_SYS OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE E

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

IM041 - Details

• The SAP error message IM041, which states "System: error when reading notification category table. Key: &," typically indicates that there is an issue with the notification category configuration in the SAP system. This error can occur in various modules, particularly in Plant Maintenance (PM) or Customer Service (CS), where notifications are used to track issues or requests.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing or Inactive Notification Category: The notification category specified in the system may not exist or may be inactive.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access the notification category table.
  Data Corruption: There may be corruption in the database table that stores notification categories.
  
  Configuration Issues: The configuration settings for notification categories may not be set up correctly.
  Transport Issues: If the system has recently undergone a transport, the notification category data may not have been transported correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Notification Category:
  
  Go to the transaction code SPRO and navigate to the relevant configuration for notification