How To Fix MA061 - & has members - deletion not possible

MA061 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MA - Sales and Operations Planning

• Message number: 061

• Message text: & has members - deletion not possible

What causes this issue?

This characteristic value has other characteristic values assigned to
it at the next planning level.

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?

Delete the assigned characteristic values first.
Now delete the original characteristic value.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MA061 - & has members - deletion not possible ?

  The SAP error message MA061, which states "Deletion not possible; has members," typically occurs in the context of Material Master data management. This error indicates that you are trying to delete a material or a material master record that has dependent objects or members associated with it, such as stock, purchase orders, or other related data.
  
  Cause:
  
  Dependent Objects: The material you are trying to delete has dependent objects, such as stock levels, purchase orders, or sales orders that reference it.
  Material Master Data: The material master record is linked to various transactions and data in the system, making it impossible to delete without first addressing these dependencies.
  Data Integrity: SAP enforces data integrity rules to prevent the deletion of records that are still in use or referenced by other records.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the MA061 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Dependencies:
  
  Use transaction codes like MMBE (Stock Overview) or MB52 (List Warehouse Stocks on Hand)