How To Fix DMF_OUTBOUND457 - &1 promotion items excluded; items must refer to base unit of measure

DMF_OUTBOUND457 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: DMF_OUTBOUND -

• Message number: 457

• Message text: &1 promotion items excluded; items must refer to base unit of measure

What causes this issue?

You cannot transfer promotions to a target system which has offers
unless the articles included in the promotion have their base unit of
measure entered as the sales unit of measure.
In the ERP system articles can be included in a promotion and have a
special promotion price for any of their allowed units of measure. In
the target system, offers have terms for which the sales unit of measure
must also be the article's base unit of measure.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

Only promotion items in the ERP system which have their base unit of
measure entered as their sales unit of measure are transferred.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message DMF_OUTBOUND457 - &1 promotion items excluded; items must refer to base unit of measure ?

  The SAP error message DMF_OUTBOUND457 indicates that certain promotion items have been excluded from a data transfer or outbound process because they do not refer to the base unit of measure. This error typically occurs in the context of data management frameworks (DMF) when dealing with promotional items in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when the promotion items being processed do not align with the expected base unit of measure defined in the system. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  Unit of Measure Mismatch: The promotion items may be defined with a different unit of measure than what is set as the base unit of measure in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the material master or promotion setup that lead to inconsistencies in unit of measure definitions.
  Data Integrity Issues: The data being transferred may have integrity issues, such as missing or incorrect unit of measure information.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the