# ERROR **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [November 14, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/error/75662 "2007-11-14T11:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prakash3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@prakash3](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/prakash3)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/error/75662/1 "2007-11-14T11:42:58Z")
Hi I’m getting following error message NAT0280 index entry incorrectly specified for field. please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/error/75662/2 "2007-11-14T12:37:23Z")
The Natural help says: > [@](#): > > ## NAT0280 Index entry incorrectly specified for field. > > TEXT: > Index entry incorrectly specified for field. > EXPL: > An index was specified for a variable for which indexing is not permitted. Index specifications may only be used when defining/referencing an array. A database array can only be defined for a multiple-value field and for fields within a periodic group. When referencing an array, an index range specification was detected which exceeds the index range defined for one of its dimensions. > ACTN: > Check program and correct error. If you don’t understand this explanation, please post the regarding code snippet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/error/75662/3 "2021-04-02T14:48:54Z")