How To Fix RIN217 - Table T002 contains unused language &1 (read long text).

RIN217 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RIN - RSCPINST

• Message number: 217

• Message text: Table T002 contains unused language &1 (read long text).

What causes this issue?

The language &V1& is part of the so called system languages (contents of
table T002). As such it is visible in many different place e.g. as entry
in the search help used for languages.

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

But the language is not an active language of the current I18n
configuration. Therefore it might makes sense to delete the language to
avoid superfluous content from language selections. The decision to
delete the language from table T002 depdends on how the language was
used before. In any case it is added again to T002 in case of a new
configuration of that language.
Note: this check/message only appears for new Unicode languages. There
are 41 legacy language codes which shouldn't be removed from the list of
system languages.

System Response

How to fix this error?

In RSCPINST select the menu "Edit -> Unused Languages" to delete the
language &V1& from T002 / T002T.

Procedure for System Administrators

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Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RIN217 - Table T002 contains unused language &1 (read long text). ?

  The SAP error message RIN217 indicates that there is an unused language entry in the T002 table, which is the table that stores language settings in the SAP system. The message typically means that there is a language code in the T002 table that is not being used or is not associated with any valid entries in other relevant tables.
  
  Cause:
  
  Unused Language Entry: The language code specified in the error message is present in the T002 table but is not linked to any active or valid entries in other tables that require language support.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a misconfiguration in the language settings of the SAP system, leading to the presence of unused language codes.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system, it is possible that unused language entries were not cleaned up properly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Language Usage: Verify if the language code mentioned in the error message is indeed