How To Fix IS076 - No change possible as RefEquipCategories & and & are different

IS076 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IS - Equipment management

• Message number: 076

• Message text: No change possible as RefEquipCategories & and & are different

What causes this issue?

You have changed the <GL:equipment_category>equipment category</>. The
new equipment category refers to a different equipment reference
category from the old one. The change is not allowed, as it would lead
to a different processing flow in the master record.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Enter an equipment category that refers to the same equipment reference
category as the old one.
If you press the button in the toolbar that displays the possible
entries, you will see the equipment category in the column "C" and the
reference category to which the equipment category refers in the column
"R".

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

IS076 - Details

• The SAP error message IS076, which states "No change possible as RefEquipCategories & and & are different," typically occurs in the context of equipment management within the SAP system. This error indicates that there is an attempt to change an equipment category that is not compatible with the reference equipment category.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when you try to change the category of an equipment or a functional location, and the new category does not match the reference category of the existing equipment. This can happen in scenarios such as:
  
  Incompatible Equipment Categories: The equipment you are trying to modify belongs to a different category than the one you are trying to assign.
  Reference Equipment: The system checks the reference equipment category, and if it does not match the new category, it throws this error.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that restrict changes between certain equipment categories.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error,