How To Fix /SMB/UTILITY202 - Deletion of all variants from file &1 in ANC transfer of changes

/SMB/UTILITY202 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SMB/UTILITY -

• Message number: 202

• Message text: Deletion of all variants from file &1 in ANC transfer of changes

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/SMB/UTILITY202 - Details

• The SAP error message /SMB/UTILITY202 typically occurs during the process of transferring changes in the context of the SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) environment, particularly when dealing with variants in the system. This error indicates that there was an issue with the deletion of all variants from a specified file during the ANC (Application Network Communication) transfer of changes.
  
  Cause:
  The error can be caused by several factors, including:
  
  
  File Locking Issues: The file from which the variants are being deleted may be locked by another process or user, preventing the deletion operation from completing successfully.
  
  
  Insufficient Authorizations: The user executing the deletion may not have the necessary authorizations to perform the operation on the specified file.
  
  
  Corrupted Variants: There may be corrupted or invalid variants in the file that are causing the deletion process to fail.
  
  
  System 
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the SAP system that affect how variants are managed