How To Fix BAPI1080012 - Assignment of material & to variant & in plant & exists several times

BAPI1080012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BAPI1080 - Message - BAPIS for BOR object BUS1080 (Mat. BOMs)

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Assignment of material & to variant & in plant & exists several times

What causes this issue?

The given material is assigned to a variante/alternative more than once
in the given plant.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Check the input data.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message BAPI1080012 - Assignment of material & to variant & in plant & exists several times ?

  The SAP error message BAPI1080012 indicates that there is a duplicate assignment of a material to a variant in a specific plant. This typically occurs when you are trying to create or update a material variant in the system, and the system finds that the combination of material, variant, and plant already exists multiple times in the database.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entries: The most common cause is that the material and variant combination already exists in the system for the specified plant. This can happen if the data was previously entered incorrectly or if there are multiple records for the same combination.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system or if there were bulk uploads, duplicates may have been created unintentionally.
  Incorrect Input: The user may have mistakenly entered the same material and variant combination multiple times.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Existing Records: Use transaction codes like SE16 or SE11 to check the relevant database tables