Discontinuation indicator and follow up material.

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am facing the strange issue for which i need your expertise. The requirement is like:

1. "X" material is discontinued and "Y" is as follow-up in two plants A & B. Discontinaution group and follow-up group has also been assigned in the BOM.

2. Now The client want to reverse the settings . means "Y" should be discontinued and "X" should be follow-up in both plants A & B.

Now I have removed the discontinuation indicator and follow up material from "X" in both plants. But when I am going to discontinue the "Y" material and putting " X" as a follow-up material, The system is giving the message "The specified follow-up material results in recursiveness

Message no. M3609

Diagnosis

You have entered a follow-up material. However, the BOM explosion for the follow-up material leads to the discontinued material, resulting in unpermissible recursiveness.

Procedure

Enter another follow-up material or cancel the entry.

Please suggest me where I am missing in my settings and what is the reason for this message.

Regards

Deepak Sharma

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Deepak,

I guess you haven't removed the settings from BOM of an FG where these two materials are used in discontinuation relation.

Check and revert.

SmanS

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I have already cleared that from BOM .Still it is giving this message.

Regards

Deepak Sharma

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Check the where used list for both the materials & ensure once again the relation has been wipe out from every BOM.

Still the problem persists then check table STPO for BOM items whether the entry is still lying there.

Or else search for suitable SAP note.

Hope this helps you.

SmanS

[former_member196530 · Accepted solution]

Dear ,

Check the following :

1.Validity of the Bill Of Material or any deletion flag is set in the present BOM.

2.Please check the following SAP notes :

Note 161742 - Consulting note: BOM recursion/low-level code 999

Note 839879 - Trace 'BOM is recursive'

Note 139517 - Recursiveness for follow-up materials

Note 42891 - Recursiveness check

Hope this will help you to figure it out

Regards

JH

[former_member196530]

Dear ,

Reference to your requirement , if you want to reverse the set up , you need carry out the necessart changes in in the folowing places :

1.MM02-MRP4 view -Discontinued Indicator /Follow up material /Effective Out Date

2.CS02 -Select the Line Item -Goto Basic Data Tab -Hit Discontinued Tab -Reverse the same .

3.Need to clear of the stock before the effective out date in MRP4 (Material -To-Material Stock Transfer -Movement Type 309 ,

Check and Revert back

Regards

JH