Characteristic doesnt have the right internal format

Question

Hi,
I am trying to load an infoobject I m getting the following errors
1. Value 'USBN019900000000000011503 ' for characteristic ZHMAT_SLS does not 
have the right internal format                                           
2. Diagnosis                                                                               
Data record 677 & with the key 'USBN019900000000000011503 &' is invalid in value 'USBN019900000000000011503 &' of the attribute/characteristic    ZHMAT_SLS &.                                                                               
System response                                                                               
The system has recognized that the value mentioned above is invalid, and    has processed this general error message. A subsequent message may give you more information on the error. This message refers to the same
    value, even though it does not state this explicitly.                                                                               
Procedure                                                                               
If this message appears during a data load, maintain the attribute in
    the PSA maintenance screens. If this message appears in the master data maintenance screens, leave the transaction and call it again. This allows you to maintain your master data.                                 
Can someone let me know how to solve this,
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,
As a short term fix edit the record in PSA and update it again.
I think you can edit the data record "USBN019900000000000011503 &" to "USBN019900000000000011503" (removing space and &) in PSA.
It should work.
This issue can be resolved by correcting the error records in PSA and updating it into the target. For that the first step should be to identify if all the records are there in PSA. You can find out this from checking the Details tab in RSMO, Job log , PSA > sorting records based on status,etc. Once its confirmed force the request to red and delete the particular request from the target cube. Then go to PSA and edit the incorrect records (correcting or blanking out the invalid entries for particular field InfoObject for the incorrect record) and save it. Once all the incorrect records are edited go to RSA1>PSA find the particular request and update to target manually (right click on PSA request > Start update immediately).
I will add the step by step procedure to edit PSA data and update into target (request based).
Identifying incorrect records.
System wont show all the incorrect records at the first time itself. You need to search the PSA table manually to find all the incorrect records.
1. First see RSMO > Details > Expand upate rules / processing tabs and you will find some of the error records.
2. Then you can go to PSA and filter using the status of records. Filter all the red requests. This may also wont show the entire incorrect records.
3. Then you can go to PSA and filter using the incorrect records based on the particular field.
4. If this also doesnt work out go to PSA and sort (not filter) the records based on the particular field with incorrect values and it will show all the records. Note down the record numbers and then edit them one by one.
If you want to confirm find the PSA table and search manually."
Also Run the report RS_ERRORLOG_EXAMPLE,By this report you can display all incorrected records of the data & you can also find whether the error occured in PSA or in TRANSFER RULES.
Steps to resolve this
1. Force the request to red in RSMO > Status tab.
2. Delete the request from target.
3. Come to RSMO > top right you can see PSA maintenace button > click and go to PSA .
4.Edit the record
5. Save PSA data.
6. Got to RSA15 > Search by request name > Right click > update the request from PSA to target.
Refer how to Modify PSA Data
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/40890eda-1b99-2a10-2d8b-a18b9108fc38
Thanks,
JituK