How To Fix PMEVC_UI425 - Procedures with initial sort field exist at BOM item &1 of material &2

PMEVC_UI425 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PMEVC_UI -

• Message number: 425

• Message text: Procedures with initial sort field exist at BOM item &1 of material &2

What causes this issue?

The mentioned parent object has multiple procedures assigned, but not
all of them have a value in the sort field.

System Response

If the sort field is initial, the execution order of the procedures is
not exactly defined.

How to fix this error?

Define a value for the sort field for each procedure.

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.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

PMEVC_UI425 - Details

• The SAP error message PMEVC_UI425 indicates that there are procedures with an initial sort field that exist for a Bill of Materials (BOM) item. This typically occurs in the context of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or Engineering Change Management (ECM) when working with BOMs in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when you attempt to perform an operation (like editing or saving) on a BOM item that has procedures associated with it, but those procedures have not been sorted correctly according to the required sort fields. This can happen if:
  
  The procedures are not defined with the necessary sort criteria.
  There are inconsistencies in the data related to the BOM item and its associated procedures.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check the BOM Item: 
  
  Navigate to the BOM item in question (material &2) and check the associated procedures.
  Ensure that all procedures are correctly defined and that they have the necessary sort fields