Messages that are related to SAP application retirement convey information about a task that completed successfully, an error that occurred, a warning, or status updates.
Each message starts with a message ID. The message ID is a unique mix of numbers and letters that identify the type of message, type of component, and message number.
The following image shows a sample message ID:
Message type
Component code
Message number
The message ID has the following parts:
Message type
The first character in the message ID represents the type of message.
The message types are represented by the following letters:
E - Error
I - Information
S - Success
W - Warning
Component code
The second, third, and fourth characters in the message ID represent the component code of the component that triggered the message.
The components are represented by the following codes:
ADK - refers to the archive session.
ATT - refers to attachments.
FTP - refers to the FTP process.
HR - refers to HR tables and attachments.
JOB - refers to the Data Archive job.
SPL - refers to special tables.
STG - refers to the Staging folder.
TXT - refers to data in text files.
Message number
The last two numbers in the message ID represent the message number.