Error Handling
In the SAP Application Interface Framework, you can get a structured overview of the messages that are generated during data processing. You can edit the underlying data content of the data messages and get support to solve errors if the context of the error is known (which field was checked, which value could not be mapped, and so on).
In the SAP GUI, the transaction offers a selection screen with various selection options (namespace, interface, creation date and time, status, and so on).
Prerequisites
SAP GUI
You access Monitoring and Error Handling
(transaction code /AIF/ERR) for an interface you are responsible for that has errors and use the selection screen to filter your messages. You choose 
(Execute
) to navigate to the Monitoring and Error Handling
main screen.
You can also access the selection screen from the SAP Easy Access menu by choosing 
Cross-Application Components
SAP Application Interface Framework
Monitoring and Error Handling
. For more information about the selection options, see Selection Screen. For more information about the Monitoring and Error Handling
main screen (see Main Screen).
Alternatively, you accessed the Interface Monitor
(transaction code /AIF/IFMON) and saw that there were messages in the interfaces you are responsible for (see Interface Monitor). If you start error handling from the Interface Monitor
, the selection screen is not displayed. Instead, you select the messages by double-clicking on a node or icon in the Interface Monitor
and navigating directly to the Error Handling
main screen.
Web-based UI
In SAP NetWeaver 7.31, you first access the Interface Monitor
(transaction code /AIFX/ERR_WEB) from the SAP Easy Access menu by choosing Cross-Application Components
SAP Application Interface Framework
Monitoring and Error Handling (Web)
. You then navigate to Monitoring and Error Handling
by selecting messages by double-clicking on a node or an icon.
Process
The following steps describe a typical error handling process:
You obtain an overview about the existing messages and you can do the following:
If you need to reduce the amount of information displayed on the screen, you can use different layouts, filters, and selection options to show only the data you are interested in.
In the SAP GUI, if you need more detailed information and you have the authorization, you can switch to technical mode and, for example, go to the application log. For more information about these options, see Main Screen.
You analyze the errors:
If an error message seems to have a temporary reason, you can restart the processing and see if the error still exists.
If an error does not require you to take action, you can cancel the message.
For more information, see Data Messages View.
You solve the underlying errors of the remaining messages. The system supports you with the following functions:
If there is a missing value, you can navigate directly to
Value Mapping
from the Log Messages view.For more information, see Log Messages View and Value Mappings Maintenance.
You can change the underlying data content in the Data Content view.
For more information, see Data Content View.
For other reasons, the system can provide message-specific buttons to resolve the errors.
In the SAP GUI, you confirm the alert in the Log Messages view.
NoteConfirming the alert is important. You receive an alert e-mail for an interface for the first message that ended with an error. As long as this alert is not confirmed, you will not receive any further e-mails about errors in this interface.
End of the note.In the Data Messages view, you restart processing of the messages you have worked on as follows:
In the SAP GUI, choose
(Restart
). To see if the errors persist, choose
(Read
).In the Web-based UI, choose
(Reprocess
). To see if the errors persist, choose
(Refresh Selected
)