How To Fix VR151 - Caution! No customer number entered - selection could take a long time !

VR151 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VR - Output for SD Reporting

• Message number: 151

• Message text: Caution! No customer number entered - selection could take a long time !

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VR151 - Caution! No customer number entered - selection could take a long time ! ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message VR151:
  
  SAP Message VR151:
  "Caution! No customer number entered - selection could take a long time!"
  
  
  Cause:
  This message appears when you execute a transaction or report related to customer data (e.g., sales documents, billing documents, customer master data) without specifying a customer number or range of customers in the selection screen.
  
  The system warns you because running the report or selection without a customer number means it will process all customers in the database.
  This can lead to a very long runtime and high system resource consumption, especially in large databases.
  
  
  When does it occur?
  
  In transactions or reports where customer number is an optional selection criterion.
  For example, in sales document reports (VA05, VF05), billing document reports, or customer master data reports.
  If you leave the customer number field blank and execute the report, the system issues this caution.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Enter a Customer Number or Range:
  
  Specify a single customer number