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3417212 - Unable to Add Logistics Use "Not Relevant for Planning" for a Logistics Area Due to Error "Change logistics use not possible; logistics area not empty".

Symptom

According to the blog "Exclude a Logistic Area from planning and availability check | SAP Blogs ", you try to add logistics use "Not Relevant for Planning" to logistics area ABC (ABC represents logistics area ID), but when you click Save, error triggered:

"Change logistics use not possible; logistics area not empty
Save could not be executed"

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to work center Supply Chain Design Master Data.
  2. Access view Locations.
  3. Select site/location XYZ (XYZ represents site/location ID), click Edit Layout.
  4. Find logistics area ABC, in the section Logistics Use, click Add Row, select "Not Relevant for Planning" in drop down list.
  5. Click Save, error triggered:

        "Change logistics use not possible; logistics area not empty

          Save could not be executed"

Cause

Open common task Stock Overview, search logistics area ABC in site/location XYZ, it shows 0 in the on-hand stock for product DEF (DEF represents product ID). This is because there is small on-hand stock (for example, 0.00000000033333 ea) of product DEF in the warehouse, because of the decimal place settings against its UoM, it shows 0 in on-hand stock. 

Resolution

You can adjust the left small inventory to zero through performing inventory adjustment.

  1. Go to work center Physical Inventory.
  2. Access common task New Inventory Adjustment.
  3. In step 1, search product DEF in logistics area ABC under site/location XYZ, check "Checkbox", click Next.
  4. In step 2, check "Zero Quantity" for corresponding inventory.
  5. Proceed until finish.

See Also

KBA:  2959060 - Error appears "Change logistics use not possible;logistics area not empty;Save could not be executed" while setting logistics use as Not relevant for planning 

Keywords

Logistics Use, Not Relevant for Planning, Empty , KBA , AP-LAS-LOA , Logistics Area , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions