How To Fix M7205 - Caution: Full product has several bills of material

M7205 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: M7 - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory

• Message number: 205

• Message text: Caution: Full product has several bills of material

What causes this issue?

You want to carry out a physical inventory for a material which is
related to an "empties" material. For this material, several BOM's with
different units of measure exist. If there are inventory differences, a
differences posting is carried out for the items (empties) of the BOM
for which a unit of measure was entered. This can lead to incorrect
postings because the empties of the other BOM's are not taken into
account.

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?

Check the postings for the empties on the basis of the physical
inventory documents. In the case of incorrect postings, adjustment of
the stocks is required by way of a physical inventory of the "empties"
material affected.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message M7205 - Caution: Full product has several bills of material ?

  The SAP error message M7205, which states "Caution: Full product has several bills of material," typically occurs in the context of material management and production planning within the SAP system. This message indicates that there are multiple bills of material (BOMs) associated with a single product, which can lead to confusion or errors in production planning and inventory management.
  
  Cause:
  
  Multiple BOMs: The primary cause of this error is that the material in question has more than one BOM defined in the system. This can happen if different versions of the BOM exist for different production scenarios, or if there are errors in the BOM configuration.
  
  Configuration Issues: Sometimes, the configuration of the material master or BOM settings may lead to this situation, especially if the BOMs are not properly maintained or if there are inconsistencies in the data.
  Version Control: If version control is not properly managed, it can lead to multiple active