How To Fix K0031 - Transferred field > 9 or < 2 BYTE

K0031 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: K0 - Error Messages for Central Controlling Routines

• Message number: 031

• Message text: Transferred field > 9 or < 2 BYTE

What causes this issue?

The field(s) exceed or fall short of limits set in the perform routine
for currency conversion.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Contact the SAP hotline if the error occurs in a standard SAP program.
If the error occurs in a one of your own programs, check the transfer
parameters.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message K0031 - Transferred field > 9 or < 2 BYTE ?

  The SAP error message K0031 ("Transferred field > 9 or < 2 BYTE") typically occurs in the context of SAP Controlling (CO) when there is an issue with the data being transferred to a CO-related function or transaction. This error indicates that a field that is expected to have a certain length (between 2 and 9 bytes) is either too long or too short.
  
  Cause:
  
  Data Length Violation: The error is triggered when the data being processed does not conform to the expected length constraints. For example, if a numeric field is expected to be between 2 and 9 bytes, and the input data is either shorter than 2 bytes or longer than 9 bytes, this error will occur.
  Incorrect Data Mapping: If there is a mismatch in the data mapping between the source and target systems or between different modules, it can lead to this error.
  Custom Code Issues: If there are custom