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3445656 - Dump with error "BCD_OVERFLOW" occurs when attempting to read an older Security Audit Log (SM20/RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS/RSAU_READ_LOG) file

Symptom

When reading an older Security Audit Log file (via RSAU_READ_LOG or RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS), a dump occurs with the following details:

CategoryABAP programming error
Runtime ErrorsBCD_OVERFLOW
Except.CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW
ABAP: ProgramCL_SAL_READ_LOG_LOCAL==========CP
Application ComponentBC-SEC-SAL

Further details present are in the screenshot below:

** Screenshots are captured from a Demo Instance and are modified to better illustrate the specific behavior. Any similarities in the data or images are purely coincidental.


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Environment

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP - SAP BASIS

Product

SAP S/4HANA 2023

Keywords

code page conversion, Security Audit Log, BCD_OVERFLOW, old log file error, RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS, RSAU_READ_LOG , KBA , BC-SEC-SAL , Security Audit Log , Problem

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