How To Fix COWIPB183 - Plant &1 from mat. doc. differs from plant &2 specified for fin. batch

COWIPB183 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: COWIPB - Messages for WIP Batch

• Message number: 183

• Message text: Plant &1 from mat. doc. differs from plant &2 specified for fin. batch

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COWIPB183 - Details

• The SAP error message COWIPB183 indicates that there is a discrepancy between the plant specified in the material document and the plant associated with the financial batch. This error typically occurs during inventory management or when processing goods movements, particularly when dealing with batch management.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A material document is created for a specific plant (Plant &1).
  The financial batch (Plant &2) associated with that material document is linked to a different plant.
  This mismatch prevents the system from processing the transaction because the batch management functionality requires consistency between the plants.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Document: Review the material document to confirm the plant information. You can do this using transaction code MB03 (Display Material Document).
  
  
  Verify Batch Information: Check the batch information associated with the material document. Use transaction code MSC3N (Display Batch) to see the details of the financial batch and confirm which