How To Fix MH249 - The variant & (w/o exclusion) of layout mod. & for unit & will be deleted

MH249 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 249

• Message text: The variant & (w/o exclusion) of layout mod. & for unit & will be deleted

What causes this issue?

You have assigned a material to a unit of measure of the basic version
of a layout module. However, there are already assignments to layout
module variants which do not exclude the material (exclusion indicator
not set). For consistency, the variants must be deleted because they
may exist only without the assignment to a basic version of a layout
module.

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MH249 - The variant & (w/o exclusion) of layout mod. & for unit & will be deleted ?

  The SAP error message MH249 indicates that a specific variant of a layout modification for a particular unit is being deleted. This message typically arises in the context of SAP's Material Management (MM) or Production Planning (PP) modules, particularly when dealing with layout management or variant configuration.
  
  Cause:
  The error message MH249 can occur due to several reasons:
  
  Deletion of Variants: The variant you are trying to use or modify is being deleted from the system, either manually or through a batch job.
  Configuration Changes: Changes in the configuration settings or layout modifications that affect the existing variants.
  Data Consistency Issues: There may be inconsistencies in the data related to the layout or the variants, leading to the system attempting to delete them.
  Authorization Issues: Lack of proper authorization to access or modify the layout variants.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the MH249 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Variant Existence: Verify if the variant mentioned in the error