How To Fix CI031 - Maintain equipment number for material component allocation

CI031 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CI - Plant maintenance task list messages

• Message number: 031

• Message text: Maintain equipment number for material component allocation

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CI031 - Maintain equipment number for material component allocation ?

  The SAP error message CI031, which states "Maintain equipment number for material component allocation," typically occurs in the context of production orders or maintenance orders when there is a requirement to allocate a material component to a specific piece of equipment, but the equipment number has not been specified.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Equipment Number: The most common cause of this error is that the equipment number has not been entered for the material component in the order.
  Incorrect Configuration: The system may be configured in such a way that it requires an equipment number for certain operations, but it has not been set up correctly.
  Order Type Settings: The order type being used may have settings that enforce the requirement for an equipment number.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Enter Equipment Number: 
  
  Navigate to the production order or maintenance order where the error occurred.
  Go to the component allocation section and ensure that an equipment number is specified for the relevant material