How To Fix OD697 - No aggregation allowed for multiple materials. Aggregation Flag cleared!

OD697 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: OD - IS-Oil: TSW Traders' and Schedulers' Workbench messages

• Message number: 697

• Message text: No aggregation allowed for multiple materials. Aggregation Flag cleared!

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OD697 - Details

• The SAP error message OD697 "No aggregation allowed for multiple materials. Aggregation Flag cleared!" typically occurs in the context of SAP's Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module, particularly when dealing with planning and aggregation of materials in a planning book or during the execution of a planning run.
  
  Cause:
  This error arises when you attempt to aggregate data for multiple materials in a planning book where the aggregation flag is not set or is cleared. The aggregation flag indicates whether the system should aggregate data for multiple materials into a single planning view. If the flag is cleared, the system will not allow aggregation, leading to this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Aggregation Flag:
  
  Go to the planning book settings in SAP APO.
  Verify if the aggregation flag is set for the relevant planning book and data view. If it is not set, you may need to enable