How To Fix WM082 - Mat. no. & contains material category not allowed for assortment items

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WM - IS-R Assortments

• Message number: 082

• Message text: Mat. no. & contains material category not allowed for assortment items

What causes this issue?

The only material categories allowed at present are:
blank : standard material
00 : ditto
01 : generic material
02 : variant (of a generic material)
10 : sales set
11 : prepack
12 : display
20/21 : value-only material
You cannot currently add value-only materials using assortment modules,
however. This can only be done using follow-on functions in listing or
functions for listing materials individually.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Please use an admissible material category.

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