3571817 - Material Master purchasing view is not getting copied using "Manage Product Master Data" app

• When using the "Manage Product Master Data" app to copy a new material with reference to another material, the new material does not have the Purchasing View tab, even though the referenced material does. This limitation restricts operations on the new material, preventing the ability to place a purchase order.
• The Material is not getting the same views when copied using the "Manage Product Master Data" app.

 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

1. Open "Manage Product Master Data" app.
2. Search for existing material that have the purchasing view tab enabled.
3. Click the "Copy" button.
4. Set and Enter a new material number.
5. Click on OK and create.
6. The new material does not have a same views as the original material had. 

• Product master is organized using views (for example, purchasing, accounting, sales…) that are stored internally in the maintenance status of the product. The maintenance status is not carried over to the new product.
• When copying a product the system automatically determines the maintenance status by the data on their respective fields. If there is no data, it means, no value or the default value, in the specific view fields the system is not able to identify it, thus not creating the view for the new material.

There are two possible solutions:

1. Create the view for each product using the Create Material APP.
2. Maintain non-initial values for fields that are assigned to Purchasing view using the 'Manage product master data' APP. If the fields are not required to be filled with any value, It's possible to maintain a temporary (dummy) value and then change it back to blank after saving.

The recommended Best Practice fields for the Purchasing view in table MARA-Basic Data are mentioned below:

• • BSTME - Order Unit
  • BWSCL - Source of supply
  • BWVOR - Procurement rule
  • EKWSL - Purchasing value key
  • VABME - Variable Purchase Order Unit
    For an extensive list regarding the MARA and MARC fields, refer to the attachment 'AttachmentKBA3571817.xlsx' in this KBA. 

• 3404682 - Maintenance View creation via migration object Product 
• 3377977 - UAPI: Missing views/fields or error message 'The field & is defined as a required field; it does not contain an entry' (MG 144) 
• SAP Documentation: When I create a product using the Migration Cockpit, Product SOAP Service (ProductMDMBulkReplicateRequest), MDG App Mass Processes, Unified API for Product Master or Product Master App (F1602), a specific field is not filled in the respective view when the product is saved. How can I fix this issue?

Maintenance status, Missing Views, Missing tabs, MARA, Manage Product Master Data, Master Data, Purchase View, SAP S/4HANA Cloud , KBA , LO-MD-MM , Material Master , Problem