Problem in refurbishment processing while creating GR.

Question

Dear experts,
I'm working on refurbishment processing. I have done all the steps as below:
I have a material for equipment for which I have 3 valuation types:
C1 - New items
C2 - Repaired Items
C3 - Damaged Items.
1. Equipment creation with serial number allocating the valuation type C1 installed at a F/L
2. I have 2 no.s of the same in stock with the valuation type C1.
Now I got a problem with equipment which is installed and needs to send it to the vendor for repair. I have changed the valuation type to C3 of the equipment in serial number data, and dismantled using t code IE4N with movement type 202. After that I have issued one material (equipment) from stock to the same cost center and then went to change mode of the equipment (IE02) in structure tab I have mentioned the F/L.
Now I have created a Refurbishment order for the damaged equipment, mentioning from valuation C3 to valuation C2 in the order. I have mentioned the Service number, qyt and price in the External screen of the Operations tab. Released the order. I got PR. (I have mentioned only services for the PR, no materials). I have created the PO w.r.t the PR from the refurbishment order.
After that the vendor has completed the services and returned the material (equipment), for that I'm following the GR w.r.t refurbishment order i.e, IW8W. I have entered the Order number then enter. There in the new screen it shows,
Change charge / valuation type+Post GR. this is having tick by defualt.
Posting date: 28.05.2009
Document date28.05.2009
Valuation type C2 in gray mode
Plant 1250 in gray mode
stor. location 1040 optional entry
Then I have ticked the box for Deliv. Compl
Here I am not finding the material number or serial number.
In the bottom of the screen it shows the header
Serial number   Material number     Materail doc number     Batch/Valuation Type
The headers are showing but no data under the header. While saving the document it gives error message as below:
Select serial numbers
Message no. CMFU106
But there is no data of serial number to select. I have tried the same in IDES, there it is showing only Material numbe no serial number, but allowing to save the document. (the screen is bit different that of Devl. server, in IDES the header as I mentioned above is not appearing, just below the order number the Material number is displaying.)
Please help me in solving this issue.
Rgrds,
Praveen

Answer 1

Pithan,
I dont understand why new serial number is created while creating RO? That equipment is already having aserail number and was in use. Now that equipment is damaged and sending for repair to vendor.
While creating RO it takes the serail number of that equipment (here I have one serial number to one equipment and one material with several serail numbers).
If that is the case then how it has accepted the GR through MIGO?
In the document itself SAP mentioned the you need to choose the serial number of the damaged equiupment while creating the RO. It will not be created while creating RO.
When I try to create and release RO it gives error message as below:
Automatic serial number assignment for refurbishment is not advisable
Message no. IW832
Diagnosis
The material 700000236 is assigned to the serial number profile. For the serialization operation affected here, automatic serialization is configured in Customizing (value 04)
System Response
The setting is not supported in the refurbishment.
Procedure
Maintain the serial numbers manually.
Regards,
Praveen