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Message type: E = Error
Message class: UMG - Message Class for the Unicode Migration Tool.
Message number: 297
Message text: The structure &1 is longer than the container field &2.
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UMG297
- The structure &1 is longer than the container field &2. ?The SAP error message UMG297 indicates that there is a mismatch between the length of a structure and the length of the container field it is being assigned to. Specifically, the structure (denoted as &1) is longer than the container field (denoted as &2), which leads to this error.
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