How To Fix WSD_MESSAGE216 - You cannot select both BAdI for External Catalog and Price Catalog

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WSD_MESSAGE - Message class for WSD

• Message number: 216

• Message text: You cannot select both BAdI for External Catalog and Price Catalog

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WSD_MESSAGE216 - You cannot select both BAdI for External Catalog and Price Catalog ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WSD_MESSAGE216 – "You cannot select both BAdI for External Catalog and Price Catalog"
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to activate or configure both the BAdI for External Catalog and the Price Catalog simultaneously in the SAP system. These two options are mutually exclusive because they represent different approaches to integrating catalogs in SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) or SAP MM (Materials Management) systems.
  
  BAdI for External Catalog: This is a Business Add-In (BAdI) implementation that allows integration of an external catalog system via custom code.
  Price Catalog: This is a standard SAP catalog type that contains pricing information and is managed differently.
  
  Selecting both at the same time leads to a conflict in the system's catalog processing logic, hence the error.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to choose only one of the following options:
  
  
  Use the BAdI for External Catalog  
  
  Implement and activate the BAdI if you want to integrate an