How To Fix /SAPAPO/SDP153 - The total of the proportions for product & is less than 1

/SAPAPO/SDP153 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/SDP -

• Message number: 153

• Message text: The total of the proportions for product & is less than 1

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/SAPAPO/SDP153 - Details

• The SAP error message /SAPAPO/SDP153 indicates that the total of the proportions for a product in the context of Supply Chain Management (SCM) or Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) is less than 1. This typically occurs when you are working with product allocations, forecasts, or planning scenarios where proportions are expected to sum up to 1 (or 100%).
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Proportions: The proportions assigned to different components or variants of a product do not add up to 1. For example, if you have three variants of a product with proportions of 0.3, 0.4, and 0.2, the total is 0.9, which triggers this error.
  Data Entry Errors: Manual entry errors during the setup of product variants or allocations can lead to incorrect proportions.
  Missing Proportions: If a proportion for a variant is missing or not defined, it can lead to the total being less than 1.
  Changes in Product Structure: If the product structure has changed