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3424123 - At Least One Input Product from Line Item Group Must be Active

Symptom

After delete a line item of input product in Production Bill of Material (BoM), below error occurs while checking consistency for the BOM.

"Variant A of BoM XXX not consistent ;At least one input product from line item group B must be active."

Moreover, to resolve the issue you try to use a workaround that to unmark the variant A from the deleted item, below error occurs while checking consistency.

" Variant A of BoM XXX not consistent;  Assignment of valid line item to var. missing for mandatory item grp B."

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Planning and Production Master Data Work Center.
  2. Navigate to Production Bills Of Material View.
  3. Search for the BOM XXX.
  4. Choose Edit button.
  5. Go to General and Variants Tab.
  6. Choose Check Consistency button, then the mentioned error would occur.

Cause

Indicator "Required" is marked for the deleted item in the BOM. It is used to ensure that you do not leave out any input products in your variants.

Hence, the mentioned error occurs as expected.

Resolution

Please follow below steps to unmark the indicator to resolve the issue.

  1. Go to Planning and Production Master Data Work Center.
  2. Navigate to Production Bills Of Material View.
  3. Search for the BOM XXX.
  4. Choose Edit button.
  5. Go to Input Products Tab.
  6. Select the delete line.
  7. Go to Item Details Subtab, you will find the indicator "Required " is marked.
  8. Unmark the indicator.
  9. Choose Save button.

After this, the error would no longer exist.

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions