How To Fix W4085 - &: & assortment is sold-to party for deliveries

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: W4 - Messages for material discontinuation

• Message number: 085

• Message text: &: & assortment is sold-to party for deliveries

What causes this issue?

The material is used in deliveries which have the assortment as sold-to
party.

System Response

INCLUDE ISR_STOP

How to fix this error?

If the deliveries have been fully processed, archive the documents. If
not, please delete the documents.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message W4085 - &: & assortment is sold-to party for deliveries ?

  SAP Error Message:
  
  W4085: "& assortment is sold-to party for deliveries"
  
  Meaning / Cause:
  This warning message typically occurs in the context of sales and distribution (SD) when dealing with assortments and deliveries. It indicates that the assortment (a group of materials or products sold together) is assigned or linked to a sold-to party (customer) for deliveries.
  More specifically, the system is informing you that the assortment you are trying to process or assign is already linked to a sold-to party for deliveries. This can happen during delivery creation, sales order processing, or when maintaining customer-material info records or assortment assignments.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  When you try to create or change a delivery or sales order involving assortments.
  When the system checks the assignment of assortments to customers and finds that the assortment is already assigned to a sold-to party.
  During the validation of customer-material info records or assortment assignments.
  
  
  Cause Details:
  
  The assortment is defined and assigned to a specific sold-to party.
  The system prevents duplicate or conflicting assignments to avoid delivery or billing inconsistencies.
  It may also occur if you try to assign the same assortment to multiple sold-to parties in a way that conflicts with the system’s configuration or business rules.
  
  
  Solution / How to resolve:
  
  
  Check Assortment Assignments:
  
  Go to transaction VD51 (Create Customer-Material Info Record) or VD52 (Change Customer-Material Info Record).
  Verify the assortment assignments for the sold-to party.
  Ensure that the assortment is correctly assigned and there are no conflicting entries.
  
  
  
  Review Customer Master and Material Master:
  
  Check if the customer (sold-to party) is correctly maintained in the sales area.
  Verify if the material or assortment is properly maintained in the material master and linked to the customer.
  
  
  
  Adjust Assortment Assignments:
  
  If the assortment should not be assigned to the sold-to party, remove or correct the assignment.
  If multiple sold-to parties are involved, ensure that the business rules allow such assignments.
  
  
  
  Check Delivery and Sales Order Data:
  
  Review the delivery or sales order to ensure that the correct sold-to party and assortment are used.
  Correct any inconsistencies in the document.
  
  
  
  Consult Business Process:
  
  Sometimes, the warning is informational and does not block processing.
  Confirm with business users if the warning can be ignored or if it requires correction.
  
  
  
  
  Additional Information:
  
  This is a warning message (W message), so it may not stop the process but indicates a potential issue.
  The message text usually contains placeholders (&) that are replaced by the assortment number and sold-to party number.
  Assortments are used in SAP to group materials for sales and distribution purposes, often for promotional or catalog reasons.
  Proper maintenance of customer-material info records and assortments is crucial to avoid such warnings.
  
  
  Summary:
  
  
  
  Aspect
  Details
  
  
  
  
  Message
  W4085: "& assortment is sold-to party for deliveries"
  
  
  Cause
  Assortment is already assigned to a sold-to party for deliveries, causing a conflict.
  
  
  Solution
  Check and correct assortment assignments in customer-material info records (VD51/VD52).
  
  
  Impact
  Warning message; may not block processing but indicates potential data inconsistency.
  
  
  Related Tcodes
  VD51, VD52, VA01 (Sales Order), VL01N (Delivery)
  
  
  
  
  If you need further help, please provide the exact scenario or transaction where the message appears, and the assortment and customer details.