How To Fix MU071 - Stocks of material &1 already exist at the company; only display possible

MU071 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MU - Maintenance of structured materials

• Message number: 071

• Message text: Stocks of material &1 already exist at the company; only display possible

What causes this issue?

You want to create or change a bill of material (BOM) for the
<DS:GLOS.3526BBD7AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>structured material</> &V1&.
However, stocks of the material already exist at the company. To
prevent data inconsistencies, the BOM may no longer be changed.

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?

INCLUDE BOM OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE EN

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 MU071 - Stocks of material &1 already exist at the company; only display possible ?

  The SAP error message MU071 indicates that the system has detected that stocks of a specific material (denoted by &1) already exist in the company code. As a result, the system restricts any further processing of that material, allowing only display actions. This typically occurs in scenarios involving inventory management, material master data, or stock transfers.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Existing Stock: The primary cause of this error is that there are already existing stock records for the specified material in the company code. This could happen if:
  
  The material has been previously created and stock has been posted against it.
  There are ongoing transactions or stock movements related to that material.
  
  
  
  Material Master Data: The material may have been created in a way that it is already associated with stock in the system, preventing the creation of a new instance of that material.
  
  
  Company Code Restrictions: The error may also arise if there are restrictions or settings in