Material deletion with MM70 / MM71

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

I am trying to delete a material by archiving and deletion with standard transactions MM71 / MM70.

while archiving, the system throws an error that "Material Used in BOM". However this material was used in a BOM but later removed from that. System is finding link between material and BOM from different tables.

currently the material is not used in any BOM. can someone suggest me how to proceed in this case.

Thanks a lot

Rohit

[former_member533946 · Accepted solution]

Hi Rohit,

Material which you are deleting might be in BOM and in production order of other matrerial as a component in this case you have to go to that BOM and Production order and then delete the subsequent line item containing that material.

If the material which you are deleting is haveing its own BOM and inturn its Production Order then you have to delete the entire BOM and Production Order itself.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Deepak,

The material was never used in any other application (Prod Order) other than BOM. Its a raw material & has got no BOM of its own.

Regards,

Rohit

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

did you check in the tables I gave you?

SAP expects a physical deletion, not just a logical by setting a deletion indicator.

Edited by: Jürgen L. on Jan 16, 2011 5:30 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jürgen,

The entries are present in STPO a and MAST. The material was once used and then deleted from BOM (against a change number). The material can be seen in CS03 with no validity dates. but its not valid as per current date as it is no longer valid (CS02).

How do i remove this link.

Thanks,

Rohit

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

if it has a validity date or not does not matter, it must not exist physically in MAST and STPO to be able to archive the material.

[Former Member]

Hi Rohit,

You can get step by step for archiving the materials master records (SARA) on the following posts

Cheers

Kris

[JL23]

this material either has an own BOM or is conatained in a BOM of a different material, so you should be able to find the BOM with CS03 or CS15. alternative you can search in tables STPO and MAST.

Setting a deletion flag at BOM isw not enough, the BOM must physically not exist, means it has to be deleted or archived first.

[Former Member]

Hi Jürgen,

I cant delete BOM as it has got many components which are needed. The CS15 shows material is not found in any BOM.

This material was used in BOM but deleted long back. Some where in the system this link still exists.

Regards,

Rohit