How To Fix IEN115 - Serialized material not possible for external warehouse

IEN115 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IEN -

• Message number: 115

• Message text: Serialized material not possible for external warehouse

What causes this issue?

The function you have chosen is not supported in the transaction
<ZH>IE4N</> because the serial numbers are not automatically copied to
the inbound delivery at present.

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?

Use single step transactions to change equipment (for example, <ZH>IE4N
</>) and for posting material movements (for example, <ZH>MB11</>).
Then you must subsequently maintain the serial numbers manually.

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 IEN115 - Serialized material not possible for external warehouse ?

  The SAP error message IEN115, which states "Serialized material not possible for external warehouse," typically occurs when you are trying to manage serialized materials in a warehouse that is not configured to handle serialized inventory. This can happen in scenarios involving external warehouses or third-party logistics providers.
  
  Cause:
  
  Warehouse Configuration: The external warehouse is not set up to manage serialized materials. This means that the system does not recognize the warehouse as capable of tracking individual serialized items.
  Material Master Settings: The material master record for the serialized item may not be configured correctly, particularly in relation to the warehouse management settings.
  Warehouse Management (WM) Settings: The settings in the Warehouse Management module may not allow for serialized inventory in the specific external warehouse.
  Inventory Management (IM) Settings: The integration between Inventory Management and Warehouse Management may not be properly configured for serialized materials.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Warehouse Configuration:
  
  Ensure that the external warehouse is configured to handle serialized