How To Fix MW132 - Default date will not be copied to items already maintained

MW132 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MW - Messages IS-R / Allocation Tables

• Message number: 132

• Message text: Default date will not be copied to items already maintained

What causes this issue?

The default date is only transferred to those items, for which no
delivery phase was maintained. The delivery phases of items already
maintained are therefore not overwritten.
If you enter further items, then the defaults for the goods receipt
date and the start of sales are copied into the new items

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MW132 - Default date will not be copied to items already maintained ?

  The SAP error message MW132 ("Default date will not be copied to items already maintained") typically occurs in the context of material management, particularly when dealing with purchasing documents or inventory management. This message indicates that the system is trying to copy a default date (such as a delivery date or a validity date) to items in a document, but some of those items have already been maintained with specific dates.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  You are attempting to change a default date in a purchasing document (like a purchase order) or a material document.
  Some items in the document already have specific dates assigned to them, which prevents the system from overwriting those dates with the new default date.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Review Item Dates: Check the items in the document to see which ones already have specific dates assigned. You may need to manually adjust these