How To Fix QA189 - No purchasing organization was maintained

QA189 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QA - QM : Inspection lots

• Message number: 189

• Message text: No purchasing organization was maintained

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

You can enter a purchasing group that has been defined for this supplier
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Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QA189 - Details

• The SAP error message QA189, "No purchasing organization was maintained," typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when there is an attempt to perform a quality inspection or related activity, but the system cannot find a purchasing organization associated with the material or vendor in question.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Purchasing Organization: The purchasing organization has not been defined for the material in the material master record or for the vendor in the vendor master record.
  Incorrect Configuration: The configuration settings in the purchasing or material management module may not be set up correctly.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the data between the material master and vendor master records.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the QA189 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Material Master:
  
  Go to transaction code MM03 (Display Material) and enter the material number.
  Check the purchasing view to ensure that a purchasing organization is assigned to the material.
  
  
  
  Check Vendor Master:
  
  Go to transaction code XK03 (Display