How To Fix S_AUT046 - You are making cross-client changes in Customizing!

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: S_AUT - Audit Trail (ILM): Messages

• Message number: 046

• Message text: You are making cross-client changes in Customizing!

What causes this issue?

You wish to make cross-client changes. It is essential to realize that
such changes affect all clients system-wide. It is possible that your
changes will have considerable influence on system performance.

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?

Carefully think over the effects of your changes! Because tables and
data elements are used in different transactions, it may not be possible
to prevent inconsistencies occurring. We therefore recommend that only
experienced and technically competent users make changes to the logging
functionality. After completing changes to logging, we recommend that
the implemented SAP processes be intensively tested.

Procedure for System Administrators

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