How To Fix W5034 - No texts available for purchase order item & &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: W5 - Messages for MM-WEB Applications and BAPIs

• Message number: 034

• Message text: No texts available for purchase order item & &

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message W5034 - No texts available for purchase order item & & ?

  SAP Error Message:
  
  W5034 No texts available for purchase order item & &
  
  Cause:
  This warning message appears when you try to display or process a purchase order item, but there are no texts maintained or available for that particular purchase order item. In other words, the system expects some item texts (such as item description, delivery instructions, or other item-related notes), but none have been entered or found in the database for the specified purchase order item.
  
  Explanation:
  
  Purchase order items can have associated texts (e.g., short text, long text, delivery instructions).
  These texts are stored in text tables linked to the purchase order item.
  When a transaction or report tries to access or display these texts and finds none, it issues this warning.
  This is a warning (W), not an error, so it does not stop processing but informs the user that no texts exist.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check if texts are required:
  
  Determine if texts are mandatory for your business process or document output (e.g., print forms, EDI, or reports).
  
  
  Maintain texts for the purchase order item:  
  
  Go to the purchase order change or display transaction (ME22N / ME23N).
  Select the relevant purchase order item.
  Navigate to the Texts tab or use the menu path:
  
  Item -> Texts  
  Enter or maintain the required texts (e.g., item description, delivery instructions).
  
  
  
  Suppress the warning if texts are not needed:
  
  If your process does not require texts, you can ignore this warning or configure the system to suppress it in certain reports or transactions.
  
  
  Check custom developments or forms:
  
  If this warning appears during printing or custom reports, verify if the program or form expects texts and handle the absence of texts gracefully.
  
  
  
  Related Information:
  
  
  Transaction Codes:  
  
  ME21N: Create Purchase Order  
  ME22N: Change Purchase Order  
  ME23N: Display Purchase Order
  
  
  
  Tables involved:  
  
  EKKO (Purchase Order Header)  
  EKPO (Purchase Order Item)  
  STXH / STXL (SAPscript texts) — texts are stored in SAPscript text management tables.
  
  
  
  SAP Notes / Documentation:  
  
  Check SAP OSS notes for any known issues related to W5034.  
  Review SAP Help Portal for purchase order text management.
  
  
  
  Customizing:  
  
  Text types and their usage can be configured in SPRO under Materials Management > Purchasing > Messages > Define Text Types.
  
  
  
  
  Summary:
  
  Cause: No texts maintained for the purchase order item when the system expects them.  
  Solution: Maintain the required texts in the purchase order item or ignore/suppress the warning if texts are not needed.  
  Additional: This is a warning, not an error, so it does not block processing.
  
  
  If you need help maintaining texts or configuring message control, please let me know!