Symptom
When changing Identified Stock Type from "03 - Optional Specified Stock" to "04 - Mandatory Specified Stock" for a material, error triggered:
Change of batch indicator not possible; inventory exists
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to work center Product Portfolio.
- Access view Products - By Materials.
- Search product ABC (ABC represents product ID), click Edit, View All.
- Under tab General, for Identified Stock Type, change it from "03 - Optional Specified Stock" to "04 - Mandatory Specified Stock", error triggered: Change of batch indicator not possible; inventory exists
Cause
When both below conditions are meet, it is impossible to change Identified Stock Type from 03 to 04:
1) There is quantity conversion maintained in the material master data.
2) Warehouse stock is available for the material with identified stock type "Optional Specified Stock" in Stock Overview.
Resolution
Once the warehouse stock with identified stock type "Optional Specified Stock" is removed, you can try to change the Identified Stock Type of the material again.
Keywords
Identified Stock, Optional Specified Stock, Mandatory Specified Stock, , KBA , AP-IP , Inventory Processing , Problem