How To Fix M7438 - Enter a quantity

M7438 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: M7 - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory

• Message number: 438

• Message text: Enter a quantity

What causes this issue?

When you enter a goods receipt for the purchase order of a value-only
article, you must enter a quantity in order to determine the delivered
value. You cannot enter a sales value without a quantity in this case.

System Response

If you have defined this message as a warning in Customizing, you can
post the document, but neither the quantity nor the value is updated.

How to fix this error?

Enter an entry quantity.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message M7438 - Enter a quantity ?

  The SAP error message M7438 "Enter a quantity" typically occurs in the context of inventory management or material movements when a user attempts to perform an action that requires a quantity to be specified, but none has been provided. This can happen in various transactions, such as goods receipts, goods issues, or stock transfers.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Quantity: The most straightforward cause is that the user has not entered a quantity in the relevant field.
  Incorrect Transaction Type: The transaction being performed may require a quantity to be specified, but the user is trying to execute it without providing one.
  Field Configuration: The field for entering quantity may be set as mandatory in the configuration, and if it is left blank, the system will throw this error.
  User Input Error: The user may have overlooked the quantity field or mistakenly navigated away from it without entering a value.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Enter Quantity: The immediate solution is to go back