Batch management indicator for ERSA

Hi Friends,
When I tried to activate batch management indicator in material master of ERSA material I am getting following error messege <b> Batch management requirement cannot be changed; choose "Display errors"</b> .Please help me wat is mean.
Regards,
Chetan

Hi,
Changing the status of the material from Uncheck to checked or viseversa is possible only if the following conditions are met
1 Check the Status of material MMBE
2 There should not be any open Purchase Order Use SE16 & Table EKPO Give the material number for which we have to find the Open Pos; Alternateively ME2M can also be used
3 There should not be any Open Production Order Use SE16 & Table AFPO Give the material number for which we have to find the Open Production Orders
4 There sould not be any Sales Order Use SE16 & Table VBAP Give the material Number for which we have to find the Open Sales Orders
5 There should not be any Purchase Requistion Use SE16 & Table EBAN Give the material Number for which we have to find the Open PRs
6 There should not be any Stock in Transit MB5T
7 There should not be any Plant availability Stock MB53
8 There should not be any Reservation MB25
9 Previuos Period Stock should be zero Use MM03 with Plant Stock & Storage Loc. View If Stock Exists follow the Procedure mentioned in next chapter to close
10 Stock requirement should be zero MD04
11 There should not be any open Delivery Use SE16 & Table LIPS Give the material Number for which we have to find the Open PRs
12 There should not be any open Warehouse Transfer Request Use SE16 & Table LTBP Give the material Number for which we have to find the Open PRs
13 There should not be any open Warehouse Transfer Request Use SE16 & Table LTAP Give the material Number for which we have to find the Open PRs
14 The Batch Corresponding to the plant has to be set for deletion indicator MSC2N
If previous period stocks exist, we can make a withdrawal posting as follows
1. Post the same amount to current period stock (for example, using
movement type 561) so that previous period stock and current period
stock are identical.
2. Make a withdrawal posting in the previous period for the stock
together with posting date (for example, using movement type 562).
If any of the above Stock Exists it has to be closed;If Any of the stock exists we cannot uncheck.
After closing all the open items;the related business documents viz Purchase Orders,Production Orders,Delivery,etc has to be Archived
Archiving has certain criteria while doing Archiving Process-- Systematic Archival is the Key factor i.e relationship diagram has be met.
SAP Note Number 533383 - Resetting batch management requirement
This is similar to changing of Unit of measurement.
Hence such criteria ought to be met.
Reward if found useful.
Regards,
Vengat

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Problems with existing stock and batch management indicator

Hi,
We would like to set the batch management indicator for a material.
However, there is stock on the material for the given plant.
The different stock categories for the plant/material combination are as follows (according to transaction MMBE):
Unrestricted use 150
Reserved (for production ordeers) 42
Open order qty (incoming PO) 100
"When I try to set the batch management indicator in MM02 I receive the following error message:
Material Master Maintenance
The batch management requirement cannot
be changed for the following reasons:
Stocks already exist at plant level.
Plant SLoc
   PL01 SL01
   PL01 SL02"
Can someone please guide me in how to remove the stock and the reservations, so that we can set the batch management indicator? Does the reservations of stock have any impact (there are reservations for 5 different production orders for this material)?
Thanks in advance,
Lars

in plant A, you have to add 21 in current period (e.g. with 202 movement), then you issue 171 in previous period. with 201. Result: both periods are zero.
plant B, just issue 17 in previous period with 201.
for Plant A   171 with movement 202 back into stock with previous period date, and subsequently 21 goods issue using 201 in current period.
for plant B: 17 with movement 202 and previous period date.

Batch Management Indicator not getting set for material master

Hi,
In one of the material we need to mark the Batch Management Indicator in Material MAster. We had removed all the stocks from the material. But still we are getting error, Stock exists for the material in Plant XXX and Sloc YYY.
I checked in MARD table and MMBE that for this maaterial there are no stock for said Sloca and Plant.
One thing which I noticed in the Material Master and MARDH table that there exists some stock in Previous persiod for the said Sloc and Plant.
Need to know is this error is due to stock shown in previous period. Why system is checking the previous period stock.
How can we resolve our issue and check this Indicator.
Please let me know as earliest as possible.
Thanks
SG

Hi,
Refer OSS Note 30656 - Change base unit of measure/batch mngt requirement
Following are the details of this note;
Symptom
When maintaining a material master record, you change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator or the valuation category. The system then tells you that this change is not possible since stocks still exist. However, no stocks are shown for the material in the stock overview.
Reason and Prerequisites
The message that stocks still exist refers not only to stocks in the current period, but also to stocks in the previous period.
The reason for checking previous period stocks is that postings can also be made to the previous period when entering goods movements. This would result in inconsistencies if the base unit of measure had meanwhile been changed.
Solution
Please check whether stocks still exist for the previous period by displaying, for example, the plant stock view or storage location stock view of the material. You do this by selecting "Extras -> Previous period -> Prev. pd SLoc. stock or Prev. pd plant stock".
If previous period stocks exist, you can make a withdrawal posting as follows:
1. Post the same amount to current period stock (for example, using movement type 561) so that previous period stock and current period stock are identical.
2. Make a withdrawal posting in the previous period for the stock together with posting date (for example, using movement type 562).
You can now try again to change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator.
Since the posting of the previous period values to zero is identical with posting to the stocks of the current period, you should reverse the above stock postings (i.e. the stock from the previous period should be booked in again) to make sure that the stock values from the previous and the current periods correspond to the state before the change. Please note, however, that the postings are then carried out using the changed master data from the current period (e.g. account determination, etc.)
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Batch Management Indicator Required - Material Master

Hello,
My requirement -
Batch management field has to be required for material Type "FERT"
1) I created a new field selection group for the field "batch management" (MARA-XCHPF)
2) Created a new Field Reference group with "Required" entry (OMS9)
3) Assigned the New Field Reference to the material Type in OMS2
The batch management Field is now a mandatory field.
Issue is, when we try to create only the basic Data Views of a FERT material, system does not allow to save the material untill the "Batch Management Indicator" is activated (even if we are not referencing to any plant specific views of the material master.)
We need to have the the Batch management indicator a required entry for FERT, but at the same time should be able to create material master with basic data Field only (we would be extending the plant specific views later)
Is there a alternative method to have this setting to meet the requirements above?
Thanks

Hi
I think you can check if the batch level is defined on material or client now, if yes, you may check if that can be switched to plant level. As far as I knw the basic data is for client so the field is shown on basic data view and ask to input value as you customized.
Alternatively, I think you can use the user exit MGA00001to check the field instead of the field selection, this is called when the material master get saved, then you can write your own source code to chec if the customer filled the field only for certain situations.
Best Regards.
Leon.

Problem with batch management indicator

Hi Gurus,
I have an issue with batch management.
There is one material which was not batch managed. The requirement was to make it batch managed. There were no open purchase orders and the only thing pending was the stock in the present and previous periods. The stock quantity in the previous period and the present period matched(470 Kg). I opened the previous posting period, used movement type 551 and scrapped the stock. There was zero stock for the current period and the present period.
I changed the batch management indicator successfully. Now the issue is whil i am trying to cancel the material document
1. Now that the material is batch managed, whie trying to cancel the material document using MIGO, the system prompts for a batch to be entered. But the batch field is greyed out and i am not able to enter a batch
2. I have tried to cancel the material document using MBST and MIGO. The sytem prompts for a batch to be entered but not allowing me to do so as the batch field is greyed out.
Any pointers will be appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Sajin

Hi Sajin,
What is a reason to cancel a material document? When was that material document created? Before or after flagging the indicator in the material master?
Ilya.

Batch Managment Indicator

Hello,
I want to remove batch managment indicator in material master record.
I got info that there is an archiving process to be done using t code MSC2N and SARA and after that indicator can be removed.
But before that pre requisites is there should not be any open document. Stock report MMBE shows that no stock present but still not able to un check the indicator as there are purchasing/Material documents present.
How can i find those documents...
Regards
Himanshu
Edited by: Himanshu Nijhawan on Jul 11, 2011 8:42 AM

hi..
try thisout..
Remove all stock.
Cancel all demand, no requisitions, no purchase orders,
production orders etc. Transaction MD04 must be empty.
Use transaction MSC2N to place a deletion indicator on every
past batch for that material prior to the end of your fiscal period or
month.
Run transaction MM74 to archive the "flagged for deletion" batch
numbers.
In the next period or month go to transaction MM02 and remove
the batch flag from the material master.
hope it works.
Thanks..

Batch Management Indicator in sale Order

Hi,
In sales order changes the msg "Batch management Indicator" has been changed is appearing. old value [X] new value [" "]
In which tab of sale order can this indicator be seen.
Thanks.

Hi,
Normally Batch Management is Set at the Material Level.So first check for that particular Material.

Removal of batch management indicator from material master

I had removed all batch stock from material code but when trying to remove batch management indicator from material master system is giving the message "batches already exist"
Please suggest the solution.

Hi,
   The material is NEW and Batch Managed. No stocks, orders, batches are existing.
   If the Batch Management indicator is removed in Material Master, is there any way *to see/track the batch/lot * of the product.
Scenarios: Material is NOT Batch Managed
1.     How to track a batch received for Purchase order.
2.     How to track a Batch created in a Production order.
3.     How to track a Batch in Sales Order.
Thanks,
VB

Batch management change for material

Hi gurus,
can anybody please help me with this. We have some stock for a material in vendor consignment status. We want to change this material to batch management. How can we do this?
Thanks
Anusha

you have to issue the stock in previous period and current period.
obtain previous period stock in MM03 > plant stock view
you can use movement type 201 to do this.
then you can try to change the Batch managment indicator.
if you still get an error, then you may have to archvie the special stock records first.
this can be done with transaction SARA - object MM_SPSTOCK.
The easier and quicker solution is to create a new material master.

UNCHECK BATCH MANAGEMENT INDICATOR

Hello all, I cannot find an appropriate Note onto OSS to solve this issue and hope you could provide some ideas over it.
By error on initial upload we've flagged the 'batch-mgmnt' box (MARC-XCHAR) for few materials on period 12-06. These materials has received movements in periods 12-06, 01-07, 02-07... and unwanted batches were generated. Our jobs for consumptions are becoming in error because we didn't prepare them for managing batches (we do not use batches even). There is a way to uncheck the 'batch-mgmnt' box in MM02?
We already leave the stocks in 'zero'. We deleted & archived the batches. But when try to uncheck the box the error message emerges again: there are still batches.
Thanks in advance.

Hello Module MM Backoffice,
I think this will be helpful.
Reward if answer is helpful.
Arif Mansuri
Please find here with the OSS solution as follow:
1) Follow OSS note 30656 which explains explains following:
When maintaining a material master record, you change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator or the valuation category. The system then tells you that this change is not possible since stocks still exist. However, no stocks are shown for the material in the stock overview.
Cause and prerequisites
The message that stocks still exist refers not only to stocks in the current period, but also to stocks in the previous period.
The reason for checking previous period stocks is that postings can also be made to the previous period when entering goods movements. This would result in inconsistencies if the base unit of measure had meanwhile been changed.
Solution
Please check whether stocks still exist for the previous period by displaying, for example, the plant stock view or storage location stock view of the material. You do this by selecting "Extras -> Previous period -> Prev. pd SLoc. stock or Prev. pd plant stock".
If previous period stocks exist, you can make a withdrawal posting as follows:
1. Post the same amount to current period stock (for example, using movement type 561) so that previous period stock and current period stock are identical.
2. Make a withdrawal posting in the previous period for the stock together with posting date (for example, using movement type 562).
You can now try again to change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator.
Now reverse the stock postings above if necessary.
2)
Do MM02, erase batch management flag, then save. System creates message that you should look into the error log.
Maybe you havent realized that in this case a new button appears next to the additional data button called ERROR LOG. Click this button and SAP tells you why it does not allow to erase the batch management flag.
Further see OSS notes 533383 and 30656
Consider creating a new material instead of changing the batch management flag, it is much easier and faster than doing all the necessary steps like closing open docuements, and archiving some objects to be able to do the change.

Batch management separately for packaging / fuel material

Hi experts,
to be very clear , batch management is activated for all type of materials like raw material and finished goods.
For packaging material and fuel material i didnt activate batch management.
my issue is to maintain batch for packaging and fuel material with batch no. separately.
if any customization or through any exits / badi ?
i also maintain for stock at batch level .
regards
dks

Hi,
If batch is not activated for Material type packaging / fuel material...and stock /PO/GRN/IV exists for those material, then its impossible to to acitivate batches for those materials whose stock /PO/GRN/IV exists ...
If you want to maintain batches for these material types then you have to reverse all documents and you have to clear all stocks, which will be tedious job.
Better from future when ever you create new material for those material types, then activate the batch management check box.

Batch Management deactivation for material master.

Hi Guys,
We are trying to change material master(MM02) by deacivating
batch management in Purchasing view.it is not accepting us to change the material masteer.
Note: Stock of this materila and plant combination is zero.
it is giving errror as below.
Batch management requirement cannot be changed; choose "Display errors"
Please help out regaring this.
Warm Regards:
Tata Reddy

Hi Csaba,
Material Master Maintenance
The batch management requirement cannot
be changed for the following reasons:
Stocks already exist at plant level.
Plant SLoc
DT01 OL02
Batches already exist.
Warm Regards:
Tata Reddy

Total Shelf Life and Batch Management Indicator

Can anyone pleas confirm if a value of zero is a valid value in the Total Shelf Life field (MHDHB) if you have set the Batch Management Flag (XCHPF)?

you can well use batch management without using shelf life functionality. Hence you will have batches without total shelf life.
In customizing you define whether you use shelf life management in general, and per material you specify in the storage location view if you do it for this individual material.
Please check the docu.

Batch management config for specific order type

Hi SAP gurus,
Below are my clients requirement.
They want to interduce batch management for few materials, but they want the same to be implemented only for order-to-cash sale. order type ZOTC.
When I tried to simulate the same, for other order type(Ex: ZOR), system is also asking to maintain the batch at the time of goods issue as the material is now managed under batch & not allowing me to do the goods issue for the delivery for which the refering order type is ZOR.
How can I configure the same, so that, for the same material,if order type is ZOTC then batch will be determined at delivery & for all other order types, system will not check the batch during goods issue if the batch field is blank in delivery?
Help me.
Manoranjan

Dear Manoranjan,
requirement doesnt seems either logical or possible.
When material is activated as "batch Management" in Material Master, then there is no way to maintain the stock without batch.
you have to have stock in batches only.
Next, when you are delivering goods in OTC sales, then in delivery system will ask from which batch goods has to be issued , because they are managed in batches.
So while delivering goods through OTC, you should either enter the batch manually or determine batch in del item category as in std.

Default the Batch Management flag for some Material Groups

Hi Gurus,
Is it possible to Default the Batch Management flag (under T code MM01) based on the material grops.Like for example if the Material groups -01 then the default value for batch managemnet flag should be checked.
Our OMCT set up is -Batch unique at the Client level for a material
Edited by: Ruchi Dutta on Oct 22, 2008 11:55 PM

Hi Ruchi,
have you got the solution ??

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