SAP Product Structure Management

Problem Statement:

Either during Product Item Variant creation process, or after a Product Item Variant has been created, it is not possible to assign a material. This problem is present regardless if a change master is used to maintain a structure.

Has anyone encountered this?

System: EhP 8 with PLMWUI SP 4 (SP 4 is the latest from SAP, with SP 5 expected this week)

Scenario 1: Attempt to assign a material after a Product Item Variant has been created:

Note: A Change Master has been used in this scenario.

Assign a Change Master, highlight the PIV and ‘Create a New Change State’:

Enter a Material into the Material field and press Return on the keyboard:

The error ‘Unit not Defined’ is displayed.

Scenario 2: Attempt to assign a material during Product Item Variant creation:

Note: No Change Master used in this scenario.

Highlight a Product Item and, on the Product Item Variants tab, enter a new variant, a material number , a quantity, and a unit of measure.

Press Return on the keyboard:

Again, error ‘Unit not Defined’ is returned.