How To Fix IM355 - No activity long text exists

IM355 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IM - Maintenance notifications

• Message number: 355

• Message text: No activity long text exists

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IM355 - Details

• The SAP error message IM355 "No activity long text exists" typically occurs when you are trying to access or display long text for a specific activity in the SAP system, but the long text has not been maintained or does not exist for that particular activity.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Long Text: The most common cause is that the long text for the specified activity has not been created or maintained in the system.
  Incorrect Activity Code: You may be trying to access long text for an activity that does not exist or is incorrectly specified.
  Authorization Issues: In some cases, the user may not have the necessary authorizations to view the long text, leading to the error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Create or Maintain Long Text:
  
  Navigate to the relevant transaction where you can maintain long texts (e.g., using transaction codes like IW31, IW32 for maintenance orders).
  Check if the long text exists for the activity in question. If it does not,