How To Fix WRF_MASS_MATERIAL040 - Maintenance group contains entries from multiple tables

WRF_MASS_MATERIAL040 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WRF_MASS_MATERIAL - Integrated Mass Change

• Message number: 040

• Message text: Maintenance group contains entries from multiple tables

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WRF_MASS_MATERIAL040 - Maintenance group contains entries from multiple tables ?

  The SAP error message WRF_MASS_MATERIAL040 indicates that there is an issue with the maintenance group in the mass maintenance transaction for materials. Specifically, it means that the maintenance group contains entries from multiple tables, which is not allowed in the context of mass changes.
  
  Cause:
  This error typically occurs when you are trying to perform mass changes on material master data, and the selected materials belong to different views or tables. For example, if you are trying to change data that is stored in both the basic data view and the sales view, the system will throw this error because it cannot process entries from multiple tables simultaneously.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Selection: Ensure that all the materials you are trying to change belong to the same view or table. You can do this by filtering your selection criteria to include only materials that share the