How To Fix WZ590 - Only the technical view exists

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WZ - Workflow: Model objects

• Message number: 590

• Message text: Only the technical view exists

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

What causes this issue?

The workflow definition was changed and saved but it has not yet been
activated.

System Response

Only the technical view is available.

How to fix this error?

As soon as the workflow definition is activated, the appropriate data
will be available again.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WZ590 - Only the technical view exists ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WZ590 - Only the technical view exists
  
  
  Cause:
  This message typically occurs when you try to access or use a view of a database table in SAP that exists only as a technical view but not as a database view or projection view. In SAP Data Dictionary (SE11), views can be of different types:
  
  Database View: A view that is created on database tables and can be used in ABAP programs and reports.
  Projection View: A view that projects certain fields of a single table.
  Help View: Used for search helps.
  Maintenance View: Used for table maintenance.
  Technical View: A special type of view that is generated automatically by the system for internal purposes and does not physically exist in the database.
  
  The error WZ590 arises when an operation expects a database or projection view but finds only a technical view, which cannot be used in the same way.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  When you try to generate