Symptom
Although a material has been marked for deletion in the material master, sales order is still allowed to be created with that material, with warning information "Material &1 is marked for deletion" upon adding the material to the sales order.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a sales order using a material marked for deletion
- Warning information "Material &1 is marked for deletion" is shown upon adding that material to the sales order
- Sales order is still allowed to be saved
Cause
This is the standard system behavior. From sales and distribution perspective, it is necessary to keep materials marked for deletion to be still processable in sales orders. For example, there could be scenarios where for materials flagged for deletion in the material master data, it is still needed to sell off existing stocks for them.
Resolution
According to the "Cause" part, this is standard system behavior. It is suggested to create a feature request.
See Also
2963059 - How to Submit Feature Requests for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Product
Keywords
deleted material, material marked for deletion, sales orders, existing stocks, warning information, "Material &1 is marked for deletion" , KBA , SD-SLS-SO-2CL , Sales Orders (Public Cloud) , Problem