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1647833 - Error Message: Lowercase or Special Characters not Permitted in field Production Group

Symptom

When you try to upload the New Materials using Excel, Excel throws below error message:

Lowercase or Special Characters not Permitted in field Production Group

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Product Data work center.
  2. Select Materials view.
  3. Select New button and choose material from Microsoft excel.
  4. Update the Excel.
  5. Select Save Data to in the tab SAP Business ByDesign in the Excel.

Cause

In the excel, for the field Planning Group ID, if you have entered the Planning Group ID different from the one which is in the system then the above error message appears.

Resolution

To avoid the issue use the Look up option to select the respective planning Group ID as maintained in the system.

Keywords

KBA , AP-SLO , Sales Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1611 ; SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1705 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1411 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1502 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1505 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1508 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1511 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1602 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1605 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1608 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1702