How To Fix UC097 - The length of the transferred structure and the sender structure differ

UC097 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UC - FI/CO Data transfer: errors during transfer

• Message number: 097

• Message text: The length of the transferred structure and the sender structure differ

What causes this issue?

The sender structure details are probably inconsistent.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Check the sender structure.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

UC097 - Details

• The SAP error message UC097 indicates that there is a mismatch in the length of the data structures being transferred between systems or between different components within SAP. This typically occurs in scenarios involving data transfer, such as IDocs, BAPIs, or RFC calls, where the structure of the data being sent does not match the expected structure on the receiving end.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Structure Mismatch: The most common cause is that the structure of the data being sent (the sender structure) does not match the structure expected by the receiving system (the receiver structure). This can happen if:
  
  The data structure has been modified in one system but not in the other.
  There are version differences between the systems.
  The data types or lengths of fields in the structures are different.
  
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: Incorrect configuration in the data transfer settings can also lead to this error.
  
  
  Custom Development: If there are custom programs or enhancements that modify the