How To Fix EI167 - Special treatment &: Field & never ready for input!

EI167 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EI - Foreign Trade: Gen. Output

• Message number: 167

• Message text: Special treatment &: Field & never ready for input!

What causes this issue?

You have assigned field control &V3& to &V1& - origin field &V2&.
Since &V1& is automatically determined from pricing in SD or MM
documents, this field should also be maintained in pricing. For this
reason, this field cannot be set to input ready while editing the
document. The following are valid:

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

0 - hide field
1 - incompleteness check inactive
2 - incompleteness check active

System Response

The system informs you of this situation.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

EI167 - Details

• The SAP error message EI167 "Special treatment &: Field & never ready for input!" typically occurs in the context of SAP's special treatment functionality, which is often used in the context of handling specific types of data or transactions that require special processing rules.
  
  Cause:
  This error message indicates that a specific field in the SAP system is not ready for input when it is expected to be. This can happen for several reasons, including:
  
  Field Configuration: The field may be configured in such a way that it is not allowed to be edited or filled in under certain conditions.
  Status of the Document: The document or transaction you are working with may be in a status that does not allow changes to that field.
  User Authorizations: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to input data into that field.
  Custom Logic: There may be custom logic (user exits, BAdIs, etc.) that prevents the field