How To Fix COM_PRCAT074 - Partner determ. proc. cannot be changed; inherited from higher-level cat.

COM_PRCAT074 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: COM_PRCAT - Product Category

• Message number: 074

• Message text: Partner determ. proc. cannot be changed; inherited from higher-level cat.

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COM_PRCAT074 - Details

• The SAP error message COM_PRCAT074 indicates that you are trying to change the partner determination procedure for a category that has inherited this setting from a higher-level category. This typically occurs in the context of SAP's condition management or partner determination processes, where certain settings are inherited from parent categories or configurations.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises because:
  
  The category you are trying to modify has a partner determination procedure that is inherited from a higher-level category.
  SAP restricts changes to inherited settings to maintain data integrity and consistency across related categories.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Inheritance: Identify the higher-level category from which the current category is inheriting its partner determination procedure. You can do this by navigating through the configuration settings in SAP.
  
  
  Modify Higher-Level Category: If you need to change the partner determination procedure, you will have to modify it at the higher-level category. This change will then propagate