How To Fix OIUPR281 - Material & VT & must exist for the effective date range.

OIUPR281 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: OIUPR - PRA Production Messages

• Message number: 281

• Message text: Material & VT & must exist for the effective date range.

What causes this issue?

The Material <DS:NA.OIUPR281>&V1&</> VT <DS:NA.OIUPR281>&V2&</> is tied
to a Measurement Point Allocation Profile record for the effective date
range. If this Material/VT combination does not exist for this DNAP
record, you would effectively be deleting the record from possible
values for the corresponding MPAP record(s) in the date range.

System Response

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message OIUPR281 - Material & VT & must exist for the effective date range. ?

  The SAP error message OIUPR281 indicates that a specific material (identified by the placeholder "VT") does not exist for the effective date range specified in the transaction or process you are attempting to execute. This error typically occurs in the context of SAP's Plant Maintenance (PM) or Materials Management (MM) modules, particularly when dealing with master data or transactional data that requires a valid material record.
  
  Cause:
  
  Material Not Created: The material in question has not been created in the system.
  Invalid Effective Date: The effective date range you are using does not correspond to any existing records for that material.
  Data Deletion: The material may have been deleted or marked as inactive in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the material master data settings that prevent the material from being recognized.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Material Existence:
  
  Use transaction code MM03 to check if the material exists in the system. Enter the material number and