2824028 - Error "Field cannot be created. Business context capacity is exhausted." when creating a new Custom Field

When creating a new Custom Field the following error message is displayed: "Field cannot be created. Business context capacity is exhausted.".

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open app "Custom Fields"
2. Click on "Create" button
3. Enter required fields and select business context, eg. Sales: Billing Document Item
4. Click the button "Create"
5. Error "Field cannot be created. Business context capacity is exhausted" appears

The capacity to add extension fields to data base tables or business contexts, respectively, is limited due to DDIC and data base limitations. Therefore, each application maintains quotas in the extensibility registry for the number of fields and characters which can be added to a business context.

On average, you can create 100 fields per business context and you have 1000 characters available for all business contexts, except Coding Block. You can see the currently available space when adding a new custom field in the Business Context Capacity indicator.

The amount of capacity that a field requires depends on its type and the defined length. You can also check the remaining capacity in the Extensibility Cockpit app.

For example, for business context: Sales: Billing Document / Sales: Billing Document Item and Sales: Sales Document / Sales: Sales Document Item, quota is defined as below:

Maximum Fields: 170
Maximum Capacity (e.g. number of characters): 1,700

Note: Of the 1700, 60% are available for custom fields. Therefore, 1020 characters are available for the creation of custom fields.

To continue creating new Custom Fields or enable usage for Custom Fields in new Business Contexts, the unused Custom Fields need to be deleted to release the quota.

When adding new fields, there is a bar "Business context capacity" which shows the percentage currently used. Keep an eye on it and delete unused custom fields if necessary.

For more information, check the following documentations:

• SAP Help Portal | Before Getting Started with Custom Fields
• SAP Help Portal | Extensibility Cockpit

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