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2976105 - Error "PP planning procedure 2 invalid" when copying material/product

Symptom

  • In Create Material app, you create a new material by copying an existing material and get error "PP planning procedure 2 invalid" (/SAPAPO/MAT311)
  • In Manage Product Master Data app, you create a new product by copying an existing product and get error "PP planning procedure 2 invalid" (/SAPAPO/MAT311)

Environment

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2008 and above

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open Create Material app
  2. Create new material using the Copy from material
  3. On Save, you receive error "PP planning procedure 2 invalid"

OR

  1. Open Manage Product Master Data app
  2. Select a product and click copy
  3. On Save, you receive error "PP planning procedure 2 invalid"

Cause

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Advance planning functionality is not supported. In release SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2008, additional checks were introduced to ensure consistent data.

Resolution

Export, cleanse and mass change any materials/products with field "PP planning procedure" by following the steps below:

  1. Open Export Master Data Products app 
  2. Select Specific Fields = MARC-SCM_RRP_TYPE
  3. Select Products to include MARC-SCM_RRP_TYPE equal to 2
  4. Click on Export to get the complete list of products which could have this issue
  5. Take the subset of products from this excel and change the SCM_RRP_TYPE to blank
  6. Go to Mass Maintenance products app and create a mass process using the excel
  7. After the completion of the process, you will be able to copy the material/product without error.

Keywords

/SAPAPO/MAT 311, Product Master Data , KBA , LO-MD-MM , Material Master , LO-MD-MM-CNT , Content for Material Master , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2008