SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3765597 - MRP Area for Subcontractor appears in 'Monitor Material Coverage' app for materials not assigned in Material Master

Symptom

In the "Monitor Material Coverage – Net and Individual Segments" app, an MRP Area associated with a subcontractor is displayed for a material, even though this MRP Area is not maintained in the "MRP 1" view of the Material Master and does not appear in Monitor Stock / Requirements List (MD04) app.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the app 'Monitor Material Coverage – Net and Individual Segments'.
  2. Enter a material and plant, then choose Go.
  3. The material displays an MRP area not assigned to the material in the Material Master.

Cause

If a subcontracting MRP Area is defined (Activity 'Define MRP Areas for Subcontractors' ID: 103069), the system automatically activates this logic for all materials that have the relevant subcontracting stocks and requirements.

The "Monitor Material Coverage" application is designed to aggregate these segments to provide full visibility of the planning situation, resulting in the MRP Area being displayed automatically.

Resolution

This is the intended standard system behavior. No correction is required as the system is accurately reflecting the subcontractor-related supply and demand for the material.

See Also

Keywords

monitor material coverage, mrp area, subcontracting mrp area, material not assigned, md04, material not extended, plant not maintained, planning visibility, aggregation, net and individual segments, s/4hana cloud public, mrp planning data, inconsistent display, subcontractor stock, requirements aggregation , KBA , PP-MRP-2CL , Material Requirements Planning (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions