How To Fix OB186 - New excise duty revaluation not possible (complete active revaluations)

OB186 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 186

• Message text: New excise duty revaluation not possible (complete active revaluations)

What causes this issue?

The physical inventory transaction based excise duty revaluation has
already been used.
Some excise duty revaluations have not been completed.

System Response

It is not possible to activate the new excise duty revaluation
transaction.

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?

Run report ROIHEW10.
ROIHEW10 lists all materials for which the excise duty revaluation has
not been completed.
Complete the active excise duty revaluations
Activate the new excise duty revaluation transaction.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message OB186 - New excise duty revaluation not possible (complete active revaluations) ?

  The SAP error message OB186, "New excise duty revaluation not possible (complete active revaluations)," typically occurs in the context of excise duty management in SAP, particularly when dealing with revaluation of excise duties for materials or products. This error indicates that there are existing active revaluations that prevent the system from processing a new excise duty revaluation.
  
  Cause:
  
  Active Revaluations: The primary cause of this error is that there are already active revaluations for the material or product in question. The system does not allow new revaluations to be created while there are existing ones that have not been completed or cleared.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the excise duty management module that are not set up correctly, leading to conflicts when trying to perform a new revaluation.
  Incomplete Transactions: There might be incomplete or pending transactions related to excise duty that need to be resolved before a new revaluation can