How To Fix RFM_MM_PUR_PC012 - Variants of Generic article &1 for plant &2 donÆt exist

RFM_MM_PUR_PC012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RFM_MM_PUR_PC -

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Variants of Generic article &1 for plant &2 donÆt exist

What causes this issue?

Variants of generic article don?t exist for the entered plant.

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?

Enter a plant for which variants of the generic article exist.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

RFM_MM_PUR_PC012 - Details

• The SAP error message RFM_MM_PUR_PC012 indicates that there are no variants of a generic article for a specific plant in the system. This typically occurs in the context of materials management, particularly when dealing with generic articles and their variants in the SAP system.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Missing Variants: The primary cause of this error is that the system is unable to find any variants associated with the specified generic article for the given plant. This could be due to:
  
  The variants have not been created or maintained in the system.
  The variants may have been deleted or are inactive.
  The plant specified does not have any variants assigned to the generic article.
  
  
  
  Incorrect Plant or Article: The error may also arise if the plant or the generic article number is incorrectly specified in the transaction.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Variant Configuration:
  
  Go to the material master data for the generic article and check if the variants are correctly defined for the specified