How To Fix /SAPAPO/MAT298 - Party entitled to dispose not maintained as business partner

/SAPAPO/MAT298 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/MAT -

• Message number: 298

• Message text: Party entitled to dispose not maintained as business partner

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/MAT298 - Party entitled to dispose not maintained as business partner ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/MAT298 indicates that there is an issue with the business partner configuration related to the party entitled to dispose of a material in the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module. This error typically arises when the system cannot find a valid business partner assigned to the material for the specified role.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Business Partner: The business partner that is supposed to be assigned as the party entitled to dispose of the material is not maintained in the system.
  Incorrect Role Assignment: The business partner may exist, but the specific role required for disposal is not assigned to it.
  Material Master Data Issues: The material master data may not be correctly set up to reference the appropriate business partner.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the system that prevent the correct assignment of business partners to materials.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Maintain Business Partner:
  
  Go to the transaction code BP (Business Partner) in SAP.
  Check if