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3196115 - Change Number automatically added when using Edit button in the 'Maintain Bill of Material' app

Symptom

Change Number automatically added when using Edit button in the 'Maintain Bill of Material' app

Environment

  • Bill of Material
  • SAP S/4HANA, Cloud Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Access the Maintain Bill of Material app
  2. input a material , plant , BOM usage combination
  3. Press Go button
  4. Select a BOM from the results
  5. Press the 'Edit' button and Edit 
  6. Press 'Add Single Row'
  7. Input a Component , Component Quantity and Press Enter
  8. A Change Number is automatically populated on the Change Numer Column

Cause

The BOM selected has got a change number assigned to its header which is still valid . So, for all the changes happening to the BOM from this date will be with this change number. Hence, when a new component was added to the BOM, the change number that was active on the header was assigned to it.

Resolution

System Works as Designed.

Keywords

KBA , LO-MD-BOM , Bills of Material , LO-MD-BOM-2CL , Bills of Material (Public Cloud) , PLM-FIO-BOM , Fiori UI for Material BOM , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions