How To Fix WRF_PPW698 - Hierarchy ID ignored; budget assignment at material group hierarchy level

WRF_PPW698 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WRF_PPW - Price Planning Workbench

• Message number: 698

• Message text: Hierarchy ID ignored; budget assignment at material group hierarchy level

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WRF_PPW698 - Details

• Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WRF_PPW698: Hierarchy ID ignored; budget assignment at material group hierarchy level:
  
  Error Message
  WRF_PPW698: Hierarchy ID ignored; budget assignment at material group hierarchy level
  
  Cause
  This error occurs in SAP when you try to assign a budget at a material group hierarchy level in the Product Cost Planning (PCP) or Profitability and Performance Planning (PPW) module, but the system ignores the hierarchy ID because the budget assignment is not allowed or not properly configured at that level.
  More specifically:
  
  The system expects budget assignments to be made at a lower or different level (e.g., material level or cost center level), but the user attempts to assign it at a higher hierarchy level (material group).
  The hierarchy ID is ignored because the budgeting process or the planning function does not support budget assignments at the material group hierarchy level.
  This can also happen if the hierarchy structure or the