How To Fix RMSRCP012 - Choose a date after the start of the preceding change status in recipe &

RMSRCP012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RMSRCP - RMS-RCP: Messages for IPPE Object RCP

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Choose a date after the start of the preceding change status in recipe &

What causes this issue?

If you change the date of a change number, you also change the
valid-from date of all change statuses edited with this change number.
The new date must be after the valid-from date of the preceding change
status.
The current change number was used in recipe &V1&. You can, however,
not assign the new date of the change number to the relevant change
status since it is before the valid-from date of the preceding change
status. The system does not change the date of the change number.

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?

RESET N1
Check the dates of the preceding change status in recipe &V1&.
<DS:TRAN.PPE>Call Up Recipe Management</>
Choose a date for the change number that is after the start of this
changes status.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RMSRCP012 - Choose a date after the start of the preceding change status in recipe & ?

  The SAP error message RMSRCP012 indicates that there is an issue with the date selection in a recipe change status. Specifically, it suggests that the date you are trying to choose for a change in the recipe is before the start date of the preceding change status. This is a common issue when managing recipe versions and their change statuses in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  You are attempting to set a change status date that is earlier than the start date of the previous change status in the recipe.
  The system enforces a chronological order for change statuses to maintain data integrity and ensure that changes are applied in the correct sequence.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Change Status History:
  
  Review the change status history of the recipe to identify the start date of the preceding change status.
  You can do this by navigating to the recipe in question