How To Fix /SCWM/PI_CUST008 - You have not assigned a physical inventory area to an activity area

/SCWM/PI_CUST008 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCWM/PI_CUST -

• Message number: 008

• Message text: You have not assigned a physical inventory area to an activity area

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/SCWM/PI_CUST008 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCWM/PI_CUST008 indicates that there is no physical inventory area assigned to a specific activity area in the Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) module. This error typically arises when you are trying to perform a physical inventory process, but the system cannot find the necessary configuration linking the activity area to a physical inventory area.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The primary cause of this error is that the physical inventory area has not been assigned to the activity area in the system configuration.
  Incorrect Settings: There may be incorrect or incomplete settings in the warehouse management configuration that prevent the system from recognizing the relationship between the activity area and the physical inventory area.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the physical inventory area is correctly assigned to the relevant activity area. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to the following