How To Fix STGR166 - Materials Purch. prices differ in reference plants &1 and &2

STGR166 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: STGR - Hold store grouping messages

• Message number: 166

• Message text: Materials Purch. prices differ in reference plants &1 and &2

What causes this issue?

Some materials in reference plant &V1& do not have the same purchase
price as in reference plant &V2&. Material purchase prices must be the
same in both source and target plants.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Select another target reference plant, or adjust purchase prices if you
still want to move the selected plants to the target reference site.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message STGR166 - Materials Purch. prices differ in reference plants &1 and &2 ?

  The SAP error message STGR166 indicates that there is a discrepancy in the purchasing prices of materials between two reference plants. This typically occurs when you are trying to create or change a purchasing document (like a purchase order) and the system detects that the price for a material differs between the specified plants.
  
  Cause:
  
  Price Differences: The primary cause of this error is that the material has different purchasing prices in the two reference plants specified in the error message.
  Master Data Issues: There may be inconsistencies in the material master data, particularly in the purchasing view for the different plants.
  Price Conditions: Different price conditions or agreements may exist for the same material in different plants.
  Currency Differences: If the plants are in different currencies, this could also lead to apparent price differences when converted.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Material Master Data:
  
  Go to the material master record for the affected material in both plants (transaction code MM03).
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