Symptom
Error when trying to use the Data Extraction tool. System shows the following error:
"RFC exception SYSTEM_FAILURE raised; The specified regular expression is too complex."
Despite the error, there are records being extracted and available at the Extraction Files.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign.
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Application and User Management - Data Extraction.
- Select the affected Run ID.
- Go to the Application Log.
- You will see the error.
Cause
- There are materials that are having issues with the description text, leading to the error in the Data Extraction.
- The error occurs due to the length of the description.
Resolution
In case the object is Material, Customers or Suppliers, the Mass Data Maintenance will help to extract all records in order to investigate from the extracted CSV file.
Otherwise, an analysis needs to be done via the frontend to identify which are the records that are causing the error.
Once the records are identified, please reduce or truncate the description text of these records from the frontend.
Keywords
Data extraction, SYSTEM_FAILURE, missing file, description, text length, materials, BYD, extraction, crash, truncating text, extraction tool, application log, RFC exception. , KBA , SRD-CC-MIG-DXT , BYD- Data Extraction Tool , How To