How To Fix WU213 - PP unit for material & overwritten in accordance with sales unit

WU213 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 213

• Message text: PP unit for material & overwritten in accordance with sales unit

What causes this issue?

No purchasing info record with the predefined unit of measure was
found for the material.

System Response

The sales unit was copied as a purchasing unit.

How to fix this error?

If you need to include the predefined purchasing unit in the
promotion, you should create a corresponding purchasing info record
for the material.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU213 - PP unit for material & overwritten in accordance with sales unit ?

  The SAP error message WU213 typically relates to issues with the unit of measure (UoM) in the context of production planning (PP) and sales order processing. This error indicates that there is a mismatch or inconsistency between the production unit of measure for a material and the sales unit of measure that has been defined or used in a sales order.
  
  Cause:
  
  Unit of Measure Mismatch: The production unit of measure (e.g., pieces, kilograms) for the material does not match the sales unit of measure defined in the sales order.
  Overwriting of Units: The system may be trying to overwrite the production unit of measure with the sales unit of measure, which is not allowed or not configured correctly.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration of the material master data, particularly in the units of measure settings.
  Data Inconsistencies: There could be inconsistencies in the data between the material master, sales order,