How To Fix /SEHS/BA_MISC1746 - Expansion time & is not allowed for source category &

/SEHS/BA_MISC1746 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SEHS/BA_MISC1 -

• Message number: 746

• Message text: Expansion time & is not allowed for source category &

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/SEHS/BA_MISC1746 - Details

• The SAP error message /SEHS/BA_MISC1746 Expansion time & is not allowed for source category & typically occurs in the context of SAP's Business Analytics or Business Warehouse (BW) systems, particularly when dealing with data extraction or reporting.
  
  Cause:
  This error message indicates that there is an issue with the time dimension or time characteristics in your data source. Specifically, it suggests that the expansion time you are trying to use is not permitted for the specified source category. This could be due to:
  
  Incorrect Time Settings: The time settings in your data source may not align with the expected configurations for the source category.
  Data Source Configuration: The source category may not support the time dimension you are trying to use, or it may require a different time granularity.
  Incompatibility: There may be an incompatibility between the time characteristics defined in your data model and the data being processed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take