How To Fix WS457 - No descriptions maintained in language &1 for the application status

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 457

• Message text: No descriptions maintained in language &1 for the application status

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS457 - No descriptions maintained in language &1 for the application status ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WS457 No descriptions maintained in language &1 for the application status
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when the system tries to display or process an application status, but there is no description maintained for that status in the specified language (&1 represents the language key, e.g., EN for English, DE for German). Application statuses are used in various SAP modules (like Workflow, PM, QM, etc.) to represent different states of an object or process.
  The system expects a description for the status in the user's logon language or the language specified in the context, but it cannot find it in the customizing tables.
  
  Where does this happen?
  
  When displaying or processing application statuses in transactions or reports.
  In workflow or status management scenarios.
  When the system tries to show status texts in a language for which no description exists.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Maintain Descriptions for Application Statuses:
  
  
  Go to the customizing transaction