How To Fix WS_MASS051 - Output request items exist already. No redetermination done.

WS_MASS051 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS_MASS - Settlement Management: Messages for Mass Processing

• Message number: 051

• Message text: Output request items exist already. No redetermination done.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS_MASS051 - Output request items exist already. No redetermination done. ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WS_MASS051: Output request items exist already. No redetermination done.
  
  
  Cause:
  This message occurs during the output determination process in SAP, specifically when you try to perform a redetermination of output for a document (e.g., sales order, delivery, billing document), but the system finds that output request items already exist for that document. Because output request items are already present, the system does not perform a redetermination to avoid duplicate or conflicting output requests.
  In other words, the system prevents overwriting or duplicating output requests if they have already been created for the document.
  
  When does it typically occur?
  
  When you try to manually trigger output redetermination (e.g., via transaction or program).
  When output determination is triggered automatically but output requests already exist.
  When you try to reprocess or regenerate output for a document without first deleting or clearing existing output requests.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check existing output requests:
  
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