How To Fix PK161 - Scheduling agreement item has no kanban indicator &1 or an incorrect one

PK161 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PK - Production - KANBAN

• Message number: 161

• Message text: Scheduling agreement item has no kanban indicator &1 or an incorrect one

What causes this issue?

With a goods receipt for scheduling agreements, the system must
automatically be able to identify that it is a goods receipt for a
kanban, a summarized JIT call, or a sequenced JIT call. That is why the
scheduling agreement item, which is used to carry out the above
development processes, are provided with the indicator 'Production
supply'.

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?

If you have chosen a process, which creates a schedule line when a
kanban is set to EMPTY, then the 'production supply' indicator must have
the characteristic attribute 'X' in the delivery schedule.
If you have chosen a process, which creates a summarized JIT call when a
kanban is set to EMPTY, then the 'production supply' indicator must have
the characteristic attribute 'Y' in the delivery schedule.
If you have chosen a process, which generates summarized JIT calls
independently of the kanban, the 'production supply' indicator must have
the characteristic attribute 'Z'.
Maintain the 'production supply' indicator for the scheduling agreement
item or select a different scheduling agreement item.
F4 on the scheduling agreement item will give you the scheduling
agreement items permitted.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PK161 - Scheduling agreement item has no kanban indicator &1 or an incorrect one ?

  The SAP error message PK161 indicates that there is an issue with a scheduling agreement item related to Kanban processing. Specifically, it means that the item does not have a Kanban indicator set, or the indicator that is set is incorrect. This can prevent the system from processing the Kanban signals correctly.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Kanban Indicator: The scheduling agreement item does not have a Kanban indicator assigned. This is necessary for the system to recognize that the item is intended for Kanban processing.
  Incorrect Kanban Indicator: The Kanban indicator assigned to the scheduling agreement item is not valid or does not match the expected values for Kanban processing.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the system that affect how Kanban indicators are assigned or recognized.
  Master Data Issues: The material master or vendor master data may not be set up correctly for Kanban processing.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check the Scheduling Agreement: 
  
  Go to the scheduling agreement in