How To Fix WE080 - No EAN has been entered for material &1 and a unit of measure

WE080 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WE - Messages for EAN Customizing and for EAN management in MM_BD

• Message number: 080

• Message text: No EAN has been entered for material &1 and a unit of measure

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WE080 - No EAN has been entered for material &1 and a unit of measure ?

  The SAP error message:
  WE080: No EAN has been entered for material &1 and a unit of measure
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the processing of IDocs (typically ORDERS, DELVRY, or INVOIC) when the system expects an EAN (European Article Number, also known as GTIN - Global Trade Item Number) for a material and its unit of measure, but no EAN is maintained in the system for that combination.
  In other words, the system is trying to validate or use the EAN for a material/unit of measure combination, but it cannot find any EAN assigned in the material master or related tables.
  This usually happens in scenarios where:
  
  The business process or partner requires EANs for materials in outbound or inbound IDocs.
  The material master does not have an EAN assigned for the relevant unit of measure.
  The EAN is missing in the relevant EAN master data (e.g., in table EANLH or EAN13).
  The system is configured to check