How To Fix MA552 - Planning version to be transferred is not the active version

MA552 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MA - Sales and Operations Planning

• Message number: 552

• Message text: Planning version to be transferred is not the active version

What causes this issue?

You want to pass on data on product group materials to demand
management, and you want this data to correspond to specific
proportions of the product group. A special version has been declared.
This version exists for the product group but has not been marked as
active.

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?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

MA552 - Details

• The SAP error message MA552, which states "Planning version to be transferred is not the active version," typically occurs in the context of planning and forecasting in SAP, particularly when working with the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) or other planning-related transactions.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises when you attempt to transfer or process data using a planning version that is not set as the active version in the system. In SAP, planning versions are used to manage different scenarios or versions of planning data, and only one version can be active at a time. If you try to execute a transaction that requires the active version but specify a different version, you will encounter this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the MA552 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Active Planning Version:
  
  Go to the transaction code MC62 (or use the relevant menu path) to check which planning version is currently set as active.
  Ensure that the version