How To Fix /SCWM/UI_PI017 - Enter either a physical inventory document or a warehouse order

/SCWM/UI_PI017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCWM/UI_PI -

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Enter either a physical inventory document or a warehouse order

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/SCWM/UI_PI017 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCWM/UI_PI017 indicates that the system requires either a physical inventory document or a warehouse order to proceed with the operation you are trying to perform in the Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) module. This error typically arises when the system expects a specific context (like a physical inventory process or a warehouse order) to be present, but it is not provided.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Context: The operation you are trying to execute requires a reference to either a physical inventory document or a warehouse order, which is not provided in your current transaction.
  Incorrect Transaction: You may be in a transaction that is not designed to work without these references.
  
  Configuration Issues: There might be configuration settings in EWM that are not aligned with your current process.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Provide Required Document: Ensure that you are entering either a physical inventory document number or a warehouse order number in the relevant field. 
  
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