How To Fix VHURL252 - An external description is already assigned to plant &1

VHURL252 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VHURL - Messages for Returnable Packaging Account Processing

• Message number: 252

• Message text: An external description is already assigned to plant &1

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VHURL252 - Details

• The SAP error message VHURL252 indicates that there is an attempt to assign an external description to a plant that already has one assigned. This typically occurs in the context of managing plant data in SAP, particularly when dealing with external descriptions for plants in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when:
  
  You are trying to create or modify an external description for a plant (identified by &1) that already has an existing external description assigned to it.
  The system enforces a rule that only one external description can be assigned to a plant at any given time.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing External Descriptions:
  
  Navigate to the relevant transaction in SAP (such as SPRO for configuration or MM01/MM02 for material management) to check the existing external descriptions assigned to the plant.
  You can use transaction codes like OX10 (for plant maintenance) or MM03 (to display material data) to view