How To Fix TR017 - Object name can only contain characters from syntactical character set


SAP Error Message - Details

  • Message type: E = Error

  • Message class: TR - Change and Transport System

  • Message number: 017

  • Message text: Object name can only contain characters from syntactical character set

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  • What causes this issue?

    An object name is checked to see whether it contains only characters
    from the syntactical character set.
    Syntactical characters are included in every code page and always have
    the same coding.
    These are the following characters:
    ' !"%&''()*+,-./:;<=>?_0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    Note that not all syntactical characters are allowed in object names
    for all object types.

    System Response

    The function terminates.

    How to fix this error?

    Only use syntactical characters in object names.

    Procedure for System Administrators

    The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.


    Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.


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