How To Fix WSOS006 - Item category for material & and plant & cannot be determined

WSOS006 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WSOS - Retail Supply Source Determination

• Message number: 006

• Message text: Item category for material & and plant & cannot be determined

What causes this issue?

The system cannot determine the item category for material & and plant
&.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Maintain the supply source key in the plant data for the material or in
the general material data.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WSOS006 - Item category for material & and plant & cannot be determined ?

  The SAP error message:
  WSOS006: Item category for material & and plant & cannot be determined
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during sales document processing (e.g., sales order creation) when the system cannot determine the appropriate item category for a given material in a specific plant. The item category controls how the item behaves in the sales document (e.g., whether it is a standard item, a free-of-charge item, a text item, etc.).
  The system determines the item category based on several factors, including:
  
  Sales document type
  Item usage
  Higher-level item category (for sub-items)
  Material master data
  Plant
  Sales organization and distribution channel
  Item category determination procedure
  
  If the system cannot find a matching item category in the item category determination procedure for the combination of material and plant, it throws this error.
  
  Common Reasons:
  
  Missing or incorrect item category determination procedure assigned to the sales document type.
  No valid item category found for the combination of sales document type, item usage, higher-level item category, and material