How To Fix 26156 - Revision level maintenance not active in system

26156 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 26 - Dokumentenverwaltung

• Message number: 156

• Message text: Revision level maintenance not active in system

What causes this issue?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

How to fix this error?

If you want to use functions for maintaining revision levels, the
control data for engineering change management in your system must
support processing of revision levels.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 26156 - Revision level maintenance not active in system ?

  The SAP error message "26156 Revision level maintenance not active in system" typically occurs when you are trying to perform operations related to revision level management in materials or documents, but the system is not configured to handle revision levels for the relevant object.
  
  Cause:
  
  Revision Level Not Activated: The most common cause of this error is that the revision level management feature is not activated for the material type or document type you are working with.
  Configuration Settings: The configuration settings in the SAP system may not have been set up to allow for revision level management.
  Material Master Settings: The material master record may not have the revision level management option enabled.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Material Type Configuration:
  
  Go to the SPRO transaction (Customizing).
  Navigate to Logistics - General > Material Master > Basic Settings > Material Types.
  Select the relevant material type and check if the "Revision Level Management"