How To Fix PHIN558 - Maint. plant of &1 &2 will be overwritten with maint. plant &3 of &4

PHIN558 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PHIN - Phase In: Messages

• Message number: 558

• Message text: Maint. plant of &1 &2 will be overwritten with maint. plant &3 of &4

What causes this issue?

You want to install a piece of equipment into its installation location
which is specified either in the XML file from the business partner or
manually entered into the field for installation location on the
Preparation & Generation tab page. The maintenance plant of the
equipment to be installed is not identical to the maintenance plant of
the installation location.

System Response

The system raises a warning message during the consistency check
informing you that the maintenance plant of the equipment to be
installed is not identical to the maintenance plant of the installation
location. The installation in this case is not possible. To enable it,
the system updates the maintenance plant of the equipment to be
installed during the creation/update process before the installation.

How to fix this error?

At the end of the takeover process you may change the maintenance plant
of the top technical object in the structure according to your business
needs. The maintenance plant of the top technical object will be
inherited for all subordinate objects.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PHIN558 - Maint. plant of &1 &2 will be overwritten with maint. plant &3 of &4 ?

  The SAP error message PHIN558 indicates that there is a conflict regarding the maintenance plant assignment in the system. Specifically, it suggests that the maintenance plant of a certain object (like a piece of equipment or a functional location) is being overwritten by another maintenance plant. This typically occurs in the context of maintenance planning and management within SAP's Plant Maintenance (PM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error can arise due to several reasons:
  
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the master data where the maintenance plant for a piece of equipment or functional location is not aligned with the expected values.
  
  Configuration Issues: The configuration settings in the system may not be set up correctly, leading to conflicts in maintenance plant assignments.
  Changes in Master Data: If there have been recent changes to the master data (like equipment or functional location), it may lead to this error if the changes are not properly reflected across