How To Fix CNV20551205 - Purch. org. & not to be deleted; is used exclusively by relevant plants

CNV20551205 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNV20551 - message for package 20551 (company code delete)

• Message number: 205

• Message text: Purch. org. & not to be deleted; is used exclusively by relevant plants

What causes this issue?

Cross-company code purchasing organization &V1& is not marked for
deletion, but is used exclusively by plants that will be deleted.

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?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

CNV20551205 - Details

• The SAP error message CNV20551205 indicates that a purchasing organization cannot be deleted because it is exclusively used by certain plants. This typically occurs during data migration or when attempting to clean up or delete purchasing organizations in the SAP system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Exclusive Assignment: The purchasing organization is assigned exclusively to one or more plants. In SAP, a purchasing organization can be linked to specific plants, and if it is the only purchasing organization for those plants, it cannot be deleted.
  Data Integrity: SAP enforces data integrity rules to ensure that the relationships between purchasing organizations and plants are maintained. Deleting a purchasing organization that is still in use would violate these rules.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Assignments:
  
  Use transaction code SPRO to navigate to the configuration settings for purchasing organizations and plants.
  Check the assignment of the purchasing organization to the plants using the following path:
  Logistics > Materials Management