How To Fix VT589 - '+' or '-' only allowed in connection with completion rule for item cat.

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VT - Vertriebstabellen

• Message number: 589

• Message text: '+' or '-' only allowed in connection with completion rule for item cat.

What causes this issue?

By making this setting for the 'Quantity/Value pos./neg.' field, you
want the completed quantity / completed value of the source document to
be stored as soon as you copy the source document into a subsequent
document. However, you must specify at what point of time the source
document is to be regarded as completed.

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?

Set the 'Quantity/Value pos./neg.' indicator to its initial value for
the time being and save the settings.
Specify a completion rule for Item category &V1&.
Go back to the settings for copy control and set the 'Quantity/Value
pos./neg.' indicator to the desired value.

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