How To Fix LCM_CATEGORY040 - List contains more than 20000 entries. Category creation failed.

LCM_CATEGORY040 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: LCM_CATEGORY - Messages for LCM Categories

• Message number: 040

• Message text: List contains more than 20000 entries. Category creation failed.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message LCM_CATEGORY040 - List contains more than 20000 entries. Category creation failed. ?

  The SAP error message LCM_CATEGORY040 indicates that a category creation process has failed because the list of entries exceeds the limit of 20,000. This error typically occurs in the context of SAP's Logistics Control Management (LCM) or similar modules where large datasets are being processed.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the system is trying to create or manage a category that includes more than 20,000 entries. This limit is set to ensure system performance and stability, as handling excessively large lists can lead to performance degradation.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Reduce the Number of Entries:
  
  Review the entries you are trying to include in the category. If possible, filter or limit the entries to ensure that the total does not exceed 20,000.
  You may need to split the entries into multiple categories if they logically belong together but exceed the limit when combined.
  
  
  
  Batch Processing:
  
  If applicable, process