How To Fix WN476 - New plant will overwrite referenced plant in supplier master

WN476 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WN - Plant master data maintenance (integrated)

• Message number: 476

• Message text: New plant will overwrite referenced plant in supplier master

What causes this issue?

You are creating a plant and need to assign an existing business
partner.
The supplier of the business partner you want to assign has a reference
to a plant maintained in the supplier master data. The referenced plant
is different to the plant that you want to create now.

System Response

The assignment of the business partner to the new plant overwrites the
current reference.

How to fix this error?

Check whether the existing business partner should be assigned to the
new plant.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WN476 - New plant will overwrite referenced plant in supplier master ?

  The SAP error message WN476 indicates that there is an issue with the supplier master data when trying to create or modify a supplier record for a new plant. Specifically, it means that the new plant you are trying to assign to a supplier is set to overwrite an existing plant that is already referenced in the supplier master data.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises due to the following reasons:
  
  Duplicate Plant Assignment: The new plant you are trying to assign to the supplier already exists in the supplier master data, and the system is preventing you from overwriting it.
  Data Integrity Issues: The system is designed to maintain data integrity, and overwriting existing data without proper checks can lead to inconsistencies.
  Configuration Settings: There may be specific configuration settings in your SAP system that restrict the overwriting of existing plants in the supplier master.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the WN476 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check