Message SAP 00261 - Storage area for GUI status & & too small

Diagnosis
The memory area of the basis software for the GUI status is too smallfor the requested status. The following is stored in this area:

  • Administration information in fixed length

  • Menu structure, F keys and push buttons of a status

  • The texts of the complete interface (not just of the status)

  • The active and the requested Excluding list (SET PF-STATUS...
  • EXCLUDING ...).

    System Response
    Termination as presumably the system is unable to continue processing.

    Procedure
    A short-term solution might consist of leaving off the EXCLUDINGfor the current SET PF-STATUS...
    Clear up the interface affected: in the Menu Painter (TransactionSE41), choose Utilities -> Unused objects.
    If it is an interface with a large number of statuses, it may bepossible to take the interface apart. This is often possible forinterfaces belonging to a function group that supplies GUI statuses formultiple programs (these programs call up function modules of the groupthat mainly contain a SET PF-STATUS command).
    If the above solutions will not work, your system administrator willhave to enlarge the profile parameter "ztta/cua_area". Note thatprofile parameter "ztta/short_area" must be at least 6 times as largeas "ztta/cua_area".