Change causes adjustment of dependencies and possible updates

What causes this issue?

The data element was changed. The change made causes the adjustment of
the dependent tables and structures. Dependent tables and structures
are the tables and structures containing a field to which the data
element is assigned.
Another domain was assigned to the data element. The new domain is not
yet active or one of the following attributes of the new domain differs
from the previously defined domain:
- data type
- number of places
- number of decimal places.
This change can also cause conversion, i.e. activation and adjustment
on the database, for dependent tables (transparent, pooled or cluster).
Dependent tables are the tables containing a field to which the data
element is assigned. The database system, the attributes of the
corresponding table field and whether the table contains data on the
database determine whether the change will result in a conversion.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

If you really want to make the change, you should make sure that the
data element and its dependent tables and structures are activated in
mass processing if there is a large number of dependent tables and
structures. To do so, you can enter the data element for mass
processing in table TACOB in the general table maintenance routine.
If you have a large number and if there are large dependent tables, it
is best to make sure that the dependent tables and structures are
converted in mass processing. To do so, you can enter these tables for
mass processing using the database utility (menu Utilities -> Database
utility). The activation log of the data element shows which tables
have to be converted.

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