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3629695 - Warning message "cannot combine general stor. area and use fixed bins" during putaway task creation - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

  • Destination Storage Type is set Use Fixed Bins as "X" and Putaway Rules is NOT set as "General Storage Area" at Customizing Maintain Storage Types, but below error message occurs during putaway task creation.
  • "Cannot combine putaway rule 'General Stor. Area' and 'Use fixed bins'"
  • Message no. /SCWM/LT001

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create a putaway warehouse task (WT) for an inbound delivery.
  2. Ensure the "Use Fixed Bins" flag is enabled and Putaway Rule is set to 2 - Addition to Existing Stock/Empty Bin, not 4 - General Storage Area.
  3. Observe the warning message: "Cannot combine putaway rule 'General Stor. Area' and 'Use fixed bins'".

Cause

Improper customizing at Specify Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway. The Putaway Rule at customizing Specify Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway has higher priority than the Putaway Rule at Customizing Maintain Storage Types.

Resolution

Set the Putaway Rule at customizing Specify Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway accordingly.

Keywords

warning message, general stor. area, use fixed bins, putaway task creation, SAP Central Business Configuration, /SCWM/LT001, storage type search sequence, customizing, inbound delivery, warehouse task, gv_put_rule, lv_put_rule_seq, WMEGC_PRL_FREE , KBA , SCM-EWM-WOP-2CL , Warehouse Order Processing (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions