How To Fix /SCWM/MIGRATION216 - Printer control &3 for work center &2 in warehouse &1 already exists

/SCWM/MIGRATION216 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCWM/MIGRATION -

• Message number: 216

• Message text: Printer control &3 for work center &2 in warehouse &1 already exists

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/SCWM/MIGRATION216 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCWM/MIGRATION216 indicates that there is a conflict with the printer control settings for a specific work center in a warehouse. This error typically arises during the migration or configuration of warehouse management settings in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when you attempt to create or migrate a printer control for a work center that already exists in the system. This can happen due to:
  
  Duplicate entries in the configuration for printer controls.
  An attempt to migrate data that includes existing printer controls without proper handling of duplicates.
  Inconsistent data in the system that leads to conflicts during the migration process.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Printer Controls:
  
  Go to the relevant transaction in SAP (e.g., SPAD for Spool Administration) and check if the printer control for the specified work center already exists.
  If it does exist, you may need to modify or delete the existing