How To Fix LCM_LEGALTRANSACTION005 - Relationship for legal transaction must not point to its own ID &1

LCM_LEGALTRANSACTION005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: LCM_LEGALTRANSACTION - Message Class for LCM Legal Transaction

• Message number: 005

• Message text: Relationship for legal transaction must not point to its own ID &1

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LCM_LEGALTRANSACTION005 - Details

• The SAP error message LCM_LEGALTRANSACTION005 indicates that there is a problem with the configuration of legal transactions in the SAP system. Specifically, the error states that a relationship for a legal transaction is incorrectly set to point to its own ID, which is not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when a legal transaction is defined in such a way that it references itself in its relationship settings. This can happen due to:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: During the setup of legal transactions, a user may have mistakenly set the relationship to point back to the same transaction ID.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system or if there were manual entries, it could lead to incorrect relationships being established.
  System Bugs: In rare cases, there may be bugs in the system that lead to this kind of configuration error.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for legal