How To Fix M7213 - Required date of production &

M7213 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: M7 - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory

• Message number: 213

• Message text: Required date of production &

What causes this issue?

The system calculated the remaining shelf life of the material on the
basis of the production date that you entered.
However, the remaining shelf life is less than the required minimum
remaining shelf life as specified in the purchase order or material
master record.

System Response

Depending on how the system is set, this message is either a warning or
an error message.

How to fix this error?

INCLUDE NA_EINGABE_PRUEFEN
If this message is an error message, this goods receipt is not allowed.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

M7213 - Details

• The SAP error message M7213 "Required date of production" typically occurs in the context of production planning and scheduling within the SAP system. This error indicates that the system requires a date of production to be specified for a particular operation or process, but it has not been provided.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Date of Production: The most common cause of this error is that the required date of production has not been entered in the relevant fields of the production order or planning document.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the production planning module that require a date of production to be specified but are not set up correctly.
  Data Entry Errors: Users may have overlooked entering the date of production during the creation or modification of a production order.
  Master Data Issues: The material master or routing may not have the necessary information that links to the production date.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Enter the Required Date: Go