3340679 - Changing the batch management indicator of a material in S/4HANA Cloud

A Material Master record has been created incorrectly with the 'Batch Management Requirement Indicator' set. Business documents have been created for the material and/or initial stock has been posted while the indicator was set. If the user goes to the Product Master and tries to remove the 'Batch Management Requirement Indicator' the system raises errors such as 'Batches already exist' and the indicator cannot be removed.   

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

MARA-XCHPF, MM_STO_BATCH_DES, BATCH_WRI, BATCH_DEL, MM_STO_BATCH, LO_BATCH, ILM Audit Area, ARCHIVING, Archive, Batch management, indicator, flag , KBA , MM-IM-GF-ARC-2CL , Archiving / Storage (Public Cloud) , LO-BM-2CL , Batch Management (Public Cloud) , BC-ILM-RW , Retention Warehouse , Problem