How To Fix KE/AD503 - Selection criteria for line items are not specific enough

KE/AD503 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KE/AD -

• Message number: 503

• Message text: Selection criteria for line items are not specific enough

What causes this issue?

The system will try to process line items. However, the selection
criteria specified are not sufficient and could therefore lead to a
long runtime.

System Response

You may experience long runtimes.

How to fix this error?

The function you have executed selects line items from the actual data
table in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), CE1xxxx (xxxx = operating
concern). If your data volume is very large, this data selection is
likely to take a long time if you do not specify more detailed
selection criteria. You should therefore check your entries.
Recommendation: Specify a record type, a period/year, or a record type
and reference document number. SAP provides indexes for these
combinations.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KE/AD503 - Selection criteria for line items are not specific enough ?

  The SAP error message KE/AD503 "Selection criteria for line items are not specific enough" typically occurs when you are trying to execute a report or transaction that requires specific selection criteria for line items, but the criteria provided are too broad or vague. This can happen in various contexts, such as when working with CO (Controlling) reports or line item displays.
  
  Cause:
  
  Insufficient Selection Criteria: The selection criteria you have entered do not narrow down the results sufficiently. For example, if you are trying to filter by a cost center but have not specified a particular range or specific cost center, the system may not be able to process the request.
  Missing Mandatory Fields: Certain fields may be required for the report or transaction to run successfully, and if they are left blank, the system will throw this error.
  Too Many Line Items: If the selection criteria would result in an excessively large number