How To Fix VO243 - Item & is a text item

VO243 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VO - W&S: Rough workload forecast + picking wave

• Message number: 243

• Message text: Item & is a text item

What causes this issue?

Within the sales document &V2& you have entered item &V1&.
This item contains no article or material number. Therefore. no
logistics load category can be derived from the master record. The
logistics load category, however, is required to calculate the workload
so that this caluclation cannot take place.
Furthermore, the other relevant load data, such as weight and volume,
cannot be derived from this item.

System Response

This item is not taken into consideration when the data of the rough
workload forecast is updated.

How to fix this error?

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.

VO243 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  VO243 - Item & is a text item
  
  
  Cause:
  The error message VO243 occurs in SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) module when you try to perform an operation on a sales document item that is defined as a text item rather than a standard item. Text items are used to include free text or notes in sales documents and do not have material or pricing data associated with them.
  For example, if you try to perform pricing, delivery, or billing functions on a text item, the system will raise this error because text items are not processed like normal sales items.
  
  Explanation:
  
  Text items are special line items in sales documents that contain only text (e.g., comments, instructions).
  They do not have material numbers, quantities, or pricing conditions.
  Operations that require material or pricing data cannot be executed on text items.
  The message VO243 is triggered when such an operation is attempted on a text item.
  
  
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