How To Fix VHUMI167 - Plant and storage location of HU & must be specified

VHUMI167 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VHUMI - Messages for material identification

• Message number: 167

• Message text: Plant and storage location of HU & must be specified

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VHUMI167 - Details

• The SAP error message VHUMI167 indicates that the plant and storage location for a Handling Unit (HU) must be specified. This error typically occurs during processes involving handling units, such as goods movements, inventory management, or when creating or processing handling units in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when the system requires a plant and storage location to be defined for a handling unit, but this information is either missing or not correctly specified. This can happen in various scenarios, such as:
  
  Incomplete Data Entry: When creating or processing a handling unit, the user may not have entered the required plant and storage location.
  
  Configuration Issues: The system may not be properly configured to recognize the plant and storage location for the handling unit.
  Master Data Issues: The material master or handling unit master data may not have the necessary plant and storage location information.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the VHUMI167 error, you can take the following