How To Fix /SAPAPO/MAT228 - Use of product versions not activated in plant

/SAPAPO/MAT228 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/MAT -

• Message number: 228

• Message text: Use of product versions not activated in plant

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/MAT228 - Use of product versions not activated in plant ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/MAT228 indicates that there is an attempt to use product versions that have not been activated for a specific plant in the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module. This error typically arises in scenarios involving planning, such as when trying to create or execute a planning run, or when working with product versions in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) environment.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the product version you are trying to use has not been activated for the plant in question. In SAP APO, product versions are used to manage different configurations or variations of a product, and each version must be explicitly activated for each plant where it will be used.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to activate the relevant product version for the specific plant. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Product Version Activation:
  
  Go to the transaction code /SAPAPO/MAT1