How To Fix PPEACT817 - There must be an activity of type 'operation' under &1 &2

PPEACT817 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PPEACT - Messages for iPPE ACT Application (Activities)

• Message number: 817

• Message text: There must be an activity of type 'operation' under &1 &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PPEACT817 - There must be an activity of type 'operation' under &1 &2 ?

  The SAP error message PPEACT817 indicates that there is a missing activity of type 'operation' in a specific production process or routing. This error typically occurs in the context of Production Planning (PP) or Production Engineering (PE) when trying to create or modify a production order, routing, or work center.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when the system expects to find at least one operation defined in the routing or production process, but none is present. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  The routing has not been properly defined or is incomplete.
  The operation type is incorrectly set or missing.
  The routing was deleted or not saved correctly.
  There may be a configuration issue in the production process.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the PPEACT817 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check the Routing:
  
  Go to the routing transaction (e.g., CA03 for display routing).
  Verify that the routing for the specified material (indicated by &1) and plant (indicated by &2) contains at