Diagnosis
Possible causes:

• Keys that contain hyphens must be preceded by SKEY. The key (name of
characteristic, class, table, or function) must be in single quotemarks. For example:
SKEY 'EXT-COLOR'

• If master data is changed while you are maintaining a dependency, the
changes may not be recognized because data is buffered.

• Character strings (such as characteristic values in format CHAR) must
be in quote marks. For example:
COLOR = 'RED'

• Numeric characteristic values must not be in quote marks.

System Response
The cursor shows where the error is. There may be a selection ofmessages detailing possible causes of the error.

Procedure
Check your entry and correct the error. You have the following optionsto help you:


• To select a detailed message that looks suitable, choose
Details. The cursor jumps to the relevant place in your sourcecode. If you require further information, you can display the longtext. If the message you select is not relevant, try again with anothermessage.

• If changes to master data seem to be the problem, restart dependency
maintenance.

• You can still save source code if it contains errors. The status of the
dependency is automatically set to Locked, so you cannot use thedependency in configuration.