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3536087 - Error in BOM Migration due to Existing Change State with ECO

Symptom

An error occurs when attempting to execute a Bill of Materials (BOM) migration:

  • The error message "Change state with ECO ID already exists" is displayed. (ECO ID: Identification for Engineering Change Order)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Business Configuration.
  2. Go to Overview.
  3. Select Migration of Bills of Material.
  4. Migrate Bills of Material using the migration tool.
  5. Execute Excel file.
  6. The error message appears.

Cause

In the Excel file, the line item groups column in the Tab BoM Item Groups is not sorted or ordered according to the items maintained in the Input Product Tab. Additionally, there is an item in the BoM Item Group tab that is not listed in the Input Product.

Resolution

The values for the BoM column should be populated in ascending order. 

Keywords

BOM, migration, error, Change state with ECO, already exists, Migration of Bills of Material. , KBA , AP-PMM-BOM , Production Bill of Material , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions