How To Fix OB016 - Unit of measure & is not maintained for Excise Duty group &

OB016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: OB - IS-OIL Downstream TDP messages

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Unit of measure & is not maintained for Excise Duty group &

What causes this issue?

The unit of measure that you entered does not belong to the UoM group
defined for the material's excise duty group.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

How to fix this error?

Enter a unit of measure that is valid for the material's excise duty
group.
Refer to the Customizing entries for finding the valid values for UoM:
1) For the UoM group that corresponds to the material's excise duty
group-
"TDP -> Global Settings -> Parameter definitions -> Set Excise duty
group"
2) For the list of valid UoMs allowed for the UoM group-
"HPM -> Oil-and Gas-specific units of measure and additional stock
keeping ->
Define additional stockkeeping units of measure"

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message OB016 - Unit of measure & is not maintained for Excise Duty group & ?

  The SAP error message OB016 indicates that a unit of measure (UoM) is not maintained for a specific Excise Duty group. This error typically arises in the context of excise duty calculations in the SAP system, particularly in modules related to materials management (MM) or financial accounting (FI).
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Unit of Measure: The primary cause of this error is that the unit of measure for the specified Excise Duty group has not been defined in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings related to excise duties, where the system expects a UoM to be defined but it is not.
  Data Inconsistency: There could be inconsistencies in the master data related to materials or excise duty groups.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the OB016 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Excise Duty Configuration:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for excise duties in SAP. This can typically be found under the path: 
  SPRO > Logistics