How To Fix IS096 - Maintain maintenance plant before defining equipment hierarchies

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IS - Equipment management

• Message number: 096

• Message text: Maintain maintenance plant before defining equipment hierarchies

What causes this issue?

You are trying to structure an <GL:equipment_hierarchy>equipment
hierarchy</> before maintaining a <GL:maintenance_plant>maintenance
plant</> in the piece of equipment that you are editing.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Maintain the equipment maintenance plant.
Include the piece of equipment in the required hierarchy.
RESET N1

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message IS096 - Maintain maintenance plant before defining equipment hierarchies ?

  The SAP error message IS096 "Maintain maintenance plant before defining equipment hierarchies" typically occurs when you are trying to define equipment hierarchies in the SAP system without having a maintenance plant assigned to the equipment. This is a common issue in the SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered because the system requires that a maintenance plant be defined for the equipment before you can create or modify equipment hierarchies. The maintenance plant is essential for various maintenance activities, and it must be set up to ensure that the equipment is properly linked to the relevant maintenance processes.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to follow these steps:
  
  
  Access the Equipment Master Record:
  
  Go to the transaction code IE02 (Change Equipment) or IE01 (Create Equipment) in SAP.
  
  
  
  Enter the Equipment Number:
  
  If you are changing an existing equipment record, enter the equipment number. If you are creating a new one, fill in the necessary