How To Fix IH017 - Material & does not have a BOM with relevant items

IH017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IH - structuring

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Material & does not have a BOM with relevant items

What causes this issue?

<GL:material>Material</> &V1& does not have a bill of material with any
items that are relevant according to your initial selection.

System Response

INCLUDE 'KEINE-FUNKTION' OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE E

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message IH017 - Material & does not have a BOM with relevant items ?

  The SAP error message IH017 indicates that a material does not have a Bill of Materials (BOM) with relevant items. This error typically occurs in the context of production planning or when trying to create a production order, where the system expects to find a BOM associated with the material being processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing BOM: The most common cause is that the material in question does not have a BOM created in the system.
  Incorrect BOM Status: The BOM may exist but could be inactive or not valid for the plant or production version you are working with.
  Plant-Specific BOM: The BOM might not be assigned to the specific plant where the production order is being created.
  Material Type Restrictions: The material type may not be configured to allow BOMs.
  Versioning Issues: If the BOM is versioned, the version being referenced may not be the active one.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Create or Update BOM:
  
  Check if a BOM exists for the