Please specify short text more precisely

[former_member183819]

Hello All

when i create a free text sc and reffered a material group GOA item text are same.

sc description text = goa item text same (product category GOA)

i get this error "Please specify short text more precisely" while creating a PO (classic)

SAP options to make error message to warning message in ECC Version = 00

Appl.A = 06

No. = 474

Cat = W

what are the business impacts will be there if i make E to W.

Br

muthu

[summer_wang · Accepted solution]

Hi

06474 is a MM-PUR error . It will also have effection to MM prochase order process.

Error message 06 474 with item category W and M contracts occurs if the

material on the PO has the same short description (text) as a non-stock

item from the referring contract.

If you change the description of your short text on the PO item (ex.

text1) or you insert a material master with a description the error

message will not appear.

The error message that is generated is part of standard functionality.

It is designed to prevent you from having a duplicate material.

LMEPOF2B

IF ekpo-ematn IS INITIAL. "371796

IF ekpo-txz01 NE space AND ekpo-konnr NE space AND

ekpo-txz01 EQ kekpo-txz01 AND

( kekpo-pstyp EQ pstyp-munb OR kekpo-pstyp EQ pstyp-wagr ).

PERFORM enaco_2(sapfmmex) USING '06' '474'. "371796

mmpur_metafield mmmfd_short_text. "431879

CASE sy-subrc. "371796

WHEN 1. "371796

MESSAGE w474 INTO gl_dummy. "371796

mmpur_message 'W' '06' '474' '' '' '' ''. "371796

WHEN 2. "371796

MESSAGE e474. "specify the short description of the item

WHEN 3. "< message not customized "371796

MESSAGE e474. "371796

ENDCASE. "371796

ENDIF.

ENDIF. "371796

The code listed above is where the error is generated. When there is no

material master (EKPO-EMATN) and the short text on the PO (EKPO-TXZ01)

is the same as the short text on the contract (KEKPO-TXZ01) and the

contract is item category M (PSTYP-MUNB) or W (PSTYP-WAGR) then the

error is generated.

You can set the message to 'W' in SPRO t-code:

SPRO > Materials Management > Purchasing > Environment Data >

Define Attributes of System Messages

I hope this information will help you.

[former_member183819 · Accepted solution]

Yes Summer . it is classic.

if i made W any impacts ?

Why SAP intensively made E..Am i breaking SAP rule?

Muthu