How To Fix /SAPAPO/FCST038 - Row totals cannot be calculated for more than 60 rows

/SAPAPO/FCST038 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/FCST -

• Message number: 038

• Message text: Row totals cannot be calculated for more than 60 rows

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/FCST038 - Row totals cannot be calculated for more than 60 rows ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/FCST038 indicates that the system is unable to calculate row totals for a forecast because the number of rows exceeds the limit of 60. This typically occurs in the context of forecasting in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) when you are trying to perform operations that involve aggregating or summarizing data across too many rows.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the operation you are attempting to perform (such as calculating totals or aggregating forecast data) involves more than 60 rows of data. This limitation is in place to ensure system performance and manageability.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Reduce the Number of Rows: 
  
  Try to limit the number of rows you are processing at one time. You can do this by filtering the data or breaking it down into smaller subsets that contain 60 rows or fewer.
  
  
  
  Aggregate Data Before Processing:
  
  If