How To Fix PPH_MRP214 - Configurable matls cannot be planned with MRP Live on HANA: VC not active

PPH_MRP214 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PPH_MRP -

• Message number: 214

• Message text: Configurable matls cannot be planned with MRP Live on HANA: VC not active

What causes this issue?

The business function <ZK>Low-Level Variant Configuration with SAP HANA
</>(<ZK>PLM_VCH_LL_HANA</>) has not been activated. Or the report
<ZK>Maintenance of Variant Tables, Classification, and Object
Dependencies </>(<ZK>VCH_MASS_MAINTENANCE</>) has not been executed.

System Response

The system does not plan the configurable materials in MRP Live on HANA
but in classic MRP (ABAP).

How to fix this error?

If you want your configurable materials to be planned in MRP Live on
HANA, you must activate the business function and run the report.

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PPH_MRP214 - Configurable matls cannot be planned with MRP Live on HANA: VC not active ?

  The SAP error message PPH_MRP214 indicates that configurable materials cannot be planned using MRP Live on HANA because the variant configuration (VC) is not active. This error typically arises when attempting to run MRP (Material Requirements Planning) for configurable materials that require variant configuration settings, but those settings are not properly configured or activated in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Variant Configuration Not Active: The material in question is a configurable material, but the variant configuration is not activated in the system.
  MRP Live Limitations: MRP Live has certain limitations regarding the planning of configurable materials, especially if the necessary configuration settings are not in place.
  Material Master Settings: The material master record may not be set up correctly for variant configuration.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Activate Variant Configuration:
  
  Ensure that the variant configuration is activated for the material. This can be done in the material master record.
  Go to the material master (transaction