2642690 - Unable to Delete or Edit Individual Material

While attempting to delete an individual material it's noticed that the IMAT is not linked to a fixed asset.

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To find the individual material used in a purchase order account assignment:

To find the Individual Material used in Supplier Invoice account assignment:

1. Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
2. Go to the Invoices and Credit Memos view.
3. Mark the relevant supplier invoice and choose Edit.
4. Choose View All and go to the Items tab.
5. Go to the tab Account Assignment.
6. Find the Individual Material ID.

To check if the Individual Material is listed in the list of Fixed Assets:

1. Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to the Fixed Assets view.
3. Choose Show: All Fixed Assets.
4. Choose Advanced on the top right.
5. Enter the Individual Material ID as in the Purchase Order or Supplier Invoice.
6. Choose Go.

Error Message: No Fixed Asset is returned.

No deletions can be done on Material Data as they are considered as Master Data in the system and deletion might lead to data inconsistencies in Business Intelligence Reports, etc.

As a workaround, the unwanted product can be kept in Blocked status so that it can't be used in any business process.

Steps to block a Product:

1. Go to the Product Data work center.
2. Select the Materials view.
3. Select the unwanted Material.
4. Click View All button.
5. Go to respective Business area tab (Purchasing and Sales).
6. Change the status from Active to Blocked.

If the IMAT is not showing in the results, create a case to SAP with permission to change the status to Blocked from backend.

 2747497 - How To Change the Status of an Individual Material in the Backend

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