How To Fix VL259 - Item number is greater than 89999; item will be deleted

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VL -

• Message number: 259

• Message text: Item number is greater than 89999; item will be deleted

What causes this issue?

During delivery item number assignment, you attempted to assign a
delivery item an item number that was larger than 899999. This is not
allowed because item numbers larger than 900000 are reserved for
internally-generated items (batch split items, for example).

System Response

The delivery item was not created.

How to fix this error?

Reduce the increment for the item number assignment for the delivery
type in question.

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.

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