Error 26: Error during syntax check of IDoc (outbound)

Question

Hi all,
   I am getting error when we try to generate IDoc in Outbound process (to send data from SAP to external Interface).
  Error no is 26. And I have checked the status records, it shows the below error message. "EDI: Syntax error in IDoc (too many repetitions of a group). According to the syntax description of the basic type SHPMNT05 (customer enhancement ZSHPMNT05), the segment group E1EDL37 can be repeated a maximum of 0000000260 times. However, this segment group occurs more frequently in the IDoc. Please check the IDoc or the syntax description of the basic type SHPMNT05 (customer enhancement ZSHPMNT05).
  Can any one tell me is there any limitation for data records for segment E1EDL37?
  Kindly suggest me what is the problem & what needs to be done to fix this.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Mohammad.

Answer 1

Hi Guys,
This is a problem which occurs throughout lots of SAP systems. This occurs due to someone changing the IDOCSYN table without making the neccessary changes to the EDISYN table.
For more information on this you can check out the note - 370021. Also if you run the following program in your system and make the changes to your IDOC segment, this error will go away.
(Please note that this program is provided by SAP and I just made a small adjustment by adding the COMMIT WORK AND WAIT statement) .
Hope this helps.
REPORT ze1edp19.
TABLES: idocsyn, edisyn, cimsyn.
DATA: old_idocsyn TYPE idocsyn,
      lt_idocsyn  TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF idocsyn,
      ls_idocsyn  TYPE idocsyn,
      old_edisyn  TYPE edisyn,
      lt_edisyn   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF edisyn,
      ls_edisyn   TYPE edisyn.
PARAMETER idoc_typ TYPE idocsyn-idoctyp DEFAULT 'ORDERS05'.
PARAMETER idoc_seg TYPE idocsyn-segtyp  DEFAULT 'E1EDP19'.
PARAMETER occmax   TYPE idocsyn-occmax  DEFAULT '99'.
PARAMETER upd_flag AS   CHECKBOX        DEFAULT space.
START-OF-SELECTION.
table IDOCSYN
  SELECT * FROM idocsyn
         INTO TABLE lt_idocsyn
         WHERE idoctyp = idoc_typ.
  READ TABLE lt_idocsyn INTO ls_idocsyn
                        WITH KEY idoctyp = idoc_typ
                                 segtyp  = idoc_seg.
  IF sy-subrc = 0.
    MOVE ls_idocsyn TO old_idocsyn.
    ls_idocsyn-occmax = occmax.
    IF upd_flag EQ 'X'.
      UPDATE idocsyn FROM ls_idocsyn.
     COMMIT WORK AND WAIT.
      WRITE: 'Table IDOCSYN updated',
             /,'         Idoctype:      ',idoc_typ,
             /'         segment number: ',ls_idocsyn-nr.
      WRITE: /,'OCCMAX changed from',old_idocsyn-occmax,
             ' to ',ls_idocsyn-occmax.
    ELSE.
      WRITE: 'No UPDATE done in table IDOCSYN',
             /,'         Idoctype:      ',idoc_typ,
             /'         segment number: ',ls_idocsyn-nr.
      WRITE: /,'OCCMAX changed from',old_idocsyn-occmax,
             ' to ',ls_idocsyn-occmax.
    ENDIF.
  ELSE.
    WRITE: 'no such record in table IDOCSYN'.
  ENDIF.
  ULINE.
table EDISYN
  SELECT * FROM edisyn
         INTO TABLE lt_edisyn
         WHERE idoctyp = idoc_typ AND
               cimtyp  = space.
  READ TABLE lt_edisyn INTO ls_edisyn
                       WITH KEY idoctyp = idoc_typ
                                cimtyp  = space
                                segtyp  = idoc_seg.
  IF sy-subrc = 0.
    MOVE ls_edisyn TO old_edisyn.
    ls_edisyn-occmax = occmax.
    IF upd_flag EQ 'X'.
      UPDATE edisyn FROM ls_edisyn.
      WRITE: 'Table EDISYN updated',
             /,'         Idoctype:      ',idoc_typ,
             /'         segment number: ', ls_edisyn-posno.
      WRITE: /,'OCCMAX changed from',old_edisyn-occmax,
             ' to ',ls_edisyn-occmax.
    ELSE.
      WRITE: 'No UPDATE done in table EDISYN',
             /,'         Idoctype:      ',idoc_typ,
             /'         segment number: ',ls_idocsyn-nr.
      WRITE: /,'OCCMAX changed from',old_idocsyn-occmax,
             ' to ',ls_idocsyn-occmax.
    ENDIF.
  ELSE.
    WRITE: 'no such record in table EDISYN'.
  ENDIF.