How To Fix VMP_MSG325 - Maintain different document type in BOM-specific Customizing activity

VMP_MSG325 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VMP_MSG - VMP Message Manager

• Message number: 325

• Message text: Maintain different document type in BOM-specific Customizing activity

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

Maintain the following settings in Customizing for <LS>Define Search
Sequence for Viewable File </>under <LS>Cross-Application Components ->
Document Management -> Visual Enterprise Generator:</>
Linked SAP Object: <AB>STKO_DOC</>
DIR Application: <AB>Production Engineering and Operation</>
Document Type: <any document type, for example, <AB>PEO</>>
Application: <AB>VDS</>

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 VMP_MSG325 - Maintain different document type in BOM-specific Customizing activity ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message VMP_MSG325:
  
  SAP Error Message: VMP_MSG325
  Text: Maintain different document type in BOM-specific Customizing activity
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when there is an inconsistency or missing configuration in the Bill of Materials (BOM) specific customizing related to document types. Specifically, the system expects that different BOM usage or BOM types should be assigned to different document types in the customizing settings, but this has not been maintained properly.
  In SAP, BOMs are linked to document types that control how BOMs are processed in various logistics processes (e.g., production, engineering, maintenance). If the customizing for BOM document types is not maintained correctly, the system cannot determine which document type to use for a particular BOM, leading to this error.
  
  Where does this happen?
  
  During BOM creation or change transactions (e.g., CS01, CS02)
  When the system tries to determine the document type for a BOM based on BOM usage or BOM