How To Fix /SAPAPO/CTM1881 - Header PPM &1 and sublevel PPM &2 have different validities

/SAPAPO/CTM1881 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/CTM1 -

• Message number: 881

• Message text: Header PPM &1 and sublevel PPM &2 have different validities

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/CTM1881 - Header PPM &1 and sublevel PPM &2 have different validities ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/CTM1881 indicates that there is a mismatch in the validity periods of the header Production Planning Master Data (PPM) and its sublevel PPM. This typically occurs in the context of Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) when you are trying to execute a planning run or when you are working with PPMs in the context of the Capacity Planning or Production Planning processes.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Validity Periods: The header PPM and its sublevel PPMs have been defined with different validity periods. This means that the time frames during which these PPMs are valid do not align, which can lead to inconsistencies in planning.
  Data Maintenance Issues: There may have been changes made to one of the PPMs without corresponding updates to the other, leading to a mismatch.
  Configuration Errors: Incorrect configuration settings in the APO system can also lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Validity Periods: 
  
  Go to the PPM transaction in SAP