Symptom
Error appears while changing the status of a Logistics Area to Obsolete.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
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Navigate to Supply Chain Design Master Data work center.
- Go to Locations view.
- Select the relevant Site ID and click Edit Layout.
- Find and select the relevant Logistics Area.
- Click Change Status and select Set to Obsolete.
- System returns the error message: Change logistics area status not possible; logistics area not empty.
Cause
- System is unable to change the status to Obsolete as there are still Inventories available in the Logistics Area.
- Another possible cause is if there is any Open Task which still tagged to the relevant Logistics Area.
Resolution
- If there is still inventory in the affected Logistics Area, kindly move all the inventories to a different Logistics Area and then proceed set the status of the Logistics Area to Obsolete.
- In order to find the outstanding task in the system, please check in one of the following work centers - Inbound/Outbound/Internal Logistics/Production Control.
For Example
- Go to Outbound Logistics work center.
- Navigate to Task Control.
- Click Advanced Filter.
- Enter the Logistics Area ID into the Source Logistics Area ID field.
- Run the Query.
Keywords
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Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions