How To Fix SGSUB011 - Program &1 is not Unicode-enabled according to program attributes

SGSUB011 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SGSUB - Central Storage for Data Types and BAdIs

• Message number: 011

• Message text: Program &1 is not Unicode-enabled according to program attributes

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message SGSUB011 - Program &1 is not Unicode-enabled according to program attributes ?

  The SAP error message SGSUB011 indicates that a specific program (denoted as &1 in the error message) is not Unicode-enabled according to its program attributes. This can occur when you attempt to execute a program that is expected to handle Unicode data but is not configured to do so.
  
  Cause:
  
  Non-Unicode Program: The program in question was developed before SAP introduced Unicode support and has not been updated to support Unicode.
  Program Attributes: The program's attributes are set to indicate that it is not Unicode-enabled. This can happen if the program was created in an older version of SAP or if it has not been modified to support Unicode.
  Data Handling: The program may be trying to process data that includes Unicode characters, which it cannot handle due to its non-Unicode status.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Program Attributes: 
  
  Go to the ABAP Editor (transaction SE38 or SE80) and check the attributes of the program. You can do this