How To Fix RSAR782 - ODS Versioning not active. Saving not possible!

RSAR782 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RSAR - Data Transfer and Metadata Maintenance

• Message number: 782

• Message text: ODS Versioning not active. Saving not possible!

What causes this issue?

Your changes to the transfer structure are incompatible with the current
transfer structure. Therefore, a new version is necessary. DataStore
object versioning is not active with this BW Patch.

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?

Undo the changes to the transfer structure. Enhancing the transfer
structure by adding a new field is a valid change that does not create a
new version.
Alternatively, you can delete the transfer rules and recreate them. In
this case, the DataStore object is also deleted.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RSAR782 - ODS Versioning not active. Saving not possible! ?

  The SAP error message RSAR782 indicates that the ODS (Operational Data Store) versioning is not active, which prevents saving changes to the ODS object. This error typically occurs in the context of SAP BW (Business Warehouse) when you are trying to activate or save an ODS object that requires versioning.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the ODS object is not configured to use versioning. Versioning is a feature that allows multiple versions of the ODS data to be maintained, which is useful for historical data management and auditing purposes. If versioning is not enabled, any attempt to save changes to the ODS will result in this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the RSAR782 error, you need to enable versioning for the ODS object. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the ODS Object:
  
  Go to the Data Warehousing Workbench (transaction code RSA1).
  Navigate to the ODS object that is causing the error.
  
  
  
  Edit the