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Procedure documentation Continuing Terminated Conversions  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Prerequisites

If a conversion terminates, the lock entry for the table set in the first step is retained (see Conversion Process). The table therefore cannot be edited with the ABAP Dictionary maintenance tools (Transaction SE11).

If a table conversion terminates, you must correct it. Applications that access this table might not otherwise be able to read any data and therefore malfunction or fail to run.

Procedure

  1. In the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, choose Utilities ® Database utility (Transaction SE14).

The initial screen for the database utility appears.
  1. Select object type Tables, enter the table name and choose Edit.

You will go to the maintenance screen for database tables.
  1. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Analyze adjustment.

The next screen lists the conversion steps that were processed correctly. It also shows the status of the tables involved in the conversion (table with old structure, QCM table and table with new structure). It can also be used to display the existing syslog entries or short dumps.
  1. Choose Object log.

You can usually find out the exact cause of the termination from the object log. If the object log does not provide any information about the error, you have to analyze the system log or the short dumps.
  1. Correct the errors found in the object log or syslog or in the short dumps (see Conversion Problems).

The conversion can usually only be continued once the error causing the termination has been corrected.
  1. Go back to the previous maintenance screen and continue the conversion there with Continue adjustment.

Result

The system now tries to continue the conversion from the termination point.

Caution

Besides Continue adjustment, there is also the option Unlock table. This option only deletes the lock entry that exists for the table. Never choose Unlock table for a terminated conversion if the data only exists in the temporary table, that is the conversion terminated after Step 2 was completed and before Step 4 was completed.