How To Fix MH195 - Industry materials cannot be maintained in the retail system

MH195 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MH - Maintain Material Master Data (Retail)

• Message number: 195

• Message text: Industry materials cannot be maintained in the retail system

What causes this issue?

Your system is defined as an SAP Retail System. For this reason, you
can use only retail-specific functions for maintaining material master
records, and not industry functions.

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?

Contact your system administrator.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MH195 - Industry materials cannot be maintained in the retail system ?

  The SAP error message MH195, which states "Industry materials cannot be maintained in the retail system," typically occurs in the context of SAP Retail (IS-Retail) when there is an attempt to create or modify a material that is classified as an "industry material" in a retail environment. This error indicates that the system is configured to prevent the maintenance of certain types of materials in the retail system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Material Type Configuration: The material type being used is classified as an industry material, which is not allowed to be maintained in the retail system. This is often due to the specific settings in the material type configuration.
  System Settings: The system may be set up to restrict the maintenance of industry materials in the retail module, as these materials are typically managed differently than retail-specific materials.
  Master Data Issues: There may be inconsistencies or misconfigurations in the master data that lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
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