How To Fix CI033 - Material &1, plant &2 is flagged for deletion

CI033 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CI - Plant maintenance task list messages

• Message number: 033

• Message text: Material &1, plant &2 is flagged for deletion

What causes this issue?

You have attempted to assign a material that has been flagged for
deletion to an operation.

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?

You have the following options:
Check the deletion flag in the material and reset it if necessary.
Enter another material or the follow-up material.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

CI033 - Details

• The SAP error message CI033 indicates that a specific material in a particular plant has been flagged for deletion. This means that the material is no longer active in the system and cannot be used for transactions such as sales orders, purchase orders, or inventory management.
  
  Cause:
  
  Deletion Flag: The material has been marked with a deletion flag in the material master data. This can happen for various reasons, such as the material being obsolete, replaced by a new material, or simply no longer needed.
  Data Maintenance: During data maintenance, a user may have inadvertently set the deletion flag for the material in the plant.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Status:
  
  Go to the material master record using transaction code MM03 (Display Material).
  Enter the material number and plant, and check the status in the "Basic Data" or "Plant Data" views to confirm if the deletion flag is set.
  
  
  
  Remove Deletion