How To Fix RU088 - Quuantities cannot be specified for sub-operations

RU088 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RU - Messages for order completion confirmation

• Message number: 088

• Message text: Quuantities cannot be specified for sub-operations

What causes this issue?

You have entered a quantity for a sub-operation. However, you cannot
confirm quantities for sub-operations.

How to fix this error?

Check your entries.
If you want to enter a degree of processing for your sub-operation, you
need to use the
single entry function for confirming individual sub-operations, or the
summary confirmation function for confirming several sub-operations.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

RU088 - Details

• The SAP error message RU088 ("Quantities cannot be specified for sub-operations") typically occurs in the context of production planning and control, particularly when dealing with routing and operations in a production order. This error indicates that there is an issue with how quantities are being defined for sub-operations in a routing.
  
  Cause:
  
  Sub-operations Defined: The error usually arises when you try to assign quantities to sub-operations in a routing. In SAP, sub-operations are meant to be part of a larger operation, and they do not have their own independent quantities.
  Routing Configuration: The routing may not be configured correctly, or the system may not allow quantity specifications for sub-operations due to the way the operations are structured.
  Incorrect Data Entry: There may be an attempt to enter quantities for sub-operations in the production order or routing that is not allowed by the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Review Routing: Check the routing for the production order. Ensure that the