How To Fix VW249 - Variant valid for inbound shipments (but shipment type is outbound)

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VW - Shipment Processing Output

• Message number: 249

• Message text: Variant valid for inbound shipments (but shipment type is outbound)

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

What causes this issue?

The selection variant that you specified applies to inbound shipments.
However, the shipment type is "outbound shipment". This results in
errors in the online transaction (e.g. "Create Shipment" or "Change
Shipment") since the system tries to find inbound deliveries and not
deliveries.

System Response

How to fix this error?

Choose (or create) a variant that applies to outbound shipments.

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