How To Fix /SAPAPO/LOC218 - EWM Warehouse Number and Target System already assigned to location &1

/SAPAPO/LOC218 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/LOC -

• Message number: 218

• Message text: EWM Warehouse Number and Target System already assigned to location &1

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/LOC218 - EWM Warehouse Number and Target System already assigned to location &1 ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/LOC218 indicates that there is an issue with the assignment of a warehouse number and target system to a specific location in the SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module. This error typically arises when there is an attempt to assign a warehouse number to a location that is already associated with that warehouse number in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Assignment: The warehouse number and target system are already assigned to the specified location. This can happen if there was an attempt to reassign or duplicate the assignment without first removing the existing one.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the system that prevent the assignment from being processed correctly.
  Data Consistency: There might be inconsistencies in the master data or configuration settings that lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Assignments: 
  
  Go to the relevant transaction in SAP (e.g., /SAPAPO/LOC or the relevant customizing transaction) and check the existing