How To Fix O3137 - You cannot maintain an oil content % without an excise duty tax group

O3137 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: O3 - IS-Oil: HPM messages (goods movements, QCI, deliveries)

• Message number: 137

• Message text: You cannot maintain an oil content % without an excise duty tax group

What causes this issue?

You have entered an oil content percentage, but have not entered an
excise duty tax group.

How to fix this error?

Please either enter an excise duty tax group or delete the oil content
percentage.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message O3137 - You cannot maintain an oil content % without an excise duty tax group ?

  The SAP error message O3137 indicates that you are trying to maintain an oil content percentage for a material or product, but the system requires an excise duty tax group to be defined for that material. This is typically encountered in the context of materials that are subject to excise duties, such as petroleum products.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs because:
  
  The material you are trying to maintain has not been assigned an excise duty tax group.
  The system requires this tax group to calculate the excise duty based on the oil content percentage.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the material has an appropriate excise duty tax group assigned. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check Material Master Data:
  
  Go to the Material Master (Transaction Code: MM02).
  Enter the material number and select the appropriate views (usually Basic Data or Accounting).
  Check if the "Excise Duty Tax Group" field is filled. If it is not,