How To Fix /SAPAPO/VMI_PG007 - Transportation guideline &1 already exists

/SAPAPO/VMI_PG007 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/VMI_PG -

• Message number: 007

• Message text: Transportation guideline &1 already exists

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/SAPAPO/VMI_PG007 - Details

• The SAP error message /SAPAPO/VMI_PG007 Transportation guideline &1 already exists typically occurs in the context of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), particularly in the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) module. This error indicates that there is an attempt to create a transportation guideline that already exists in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entry: The most common cause of this error is that a transportation guideline with the same identifier (denoted by &1 in the error message) already exists in the system.
  Data Migration or Upload: If data is being migrated or uploaded into the system, it may inadvertently include duplicate entries.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings that allow for the creation of duplicate guidelines.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Guidelines: 
  
  Use transaction codes like /SAPAPO/VMI or relevant reports to check if the transportation guideline already exists. 
  If it does, you may need to modify or delete the existing guideline instead of creating a new