How To Fix VBDOCUBATCH005 - Cannot reverse with MBST since document contains documentary batches

VBDOCUBATCH005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VBDOCUBATCH - Documentary Batch

• Message number: 005

• Message text: Cannot reverse with MBST since document contains documentary batches

What causes this issue?

You are attempting to cancel a document in which at least one of the
items was originally posted with a documentary batch.

System Response

The MB* transactions are not released for documentary batches, so the
requested operation is rejected. For more information, see the SAP
documentation.

How to fix this error?

Cancel the document with transaction MIGO, for example. If the original
document was posted with reference to a special process, use the
appropriate transaction (transaction VL09 if the document was posted
with reference to a delivery, for example).

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

VBDOCUBATCH005 - Details

• The SAP error message VBDOCUBATCH005 indicates that you are trying to reverse a document using the transaction MBST (which is used for reversing material documents), but the document you are attempting to reverse contains documentary batches. This situation arises when the material document involves batch-managed materials, and the system has specific rules regarding how these batches can be handled.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs because:
  
  The material document you are trying to reverse includes items that are managed in batches.
  The system does not allow the reversal of documents that contain batch-managed items using the MBST transaction due to the complexity of managing batch information.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify the Document: First, identify the material document number that you are trying to reverse and check the items within it to see which ones are batch-managed.
  
  
  Use the Correct Transaction: Instead of using MBST, you may need to use a different transaction that