How To Fix WU436 - Variant already exists with language & and currency &

WU436 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 436

• Message text: Variant already exists with language & and currency &

What causes this issue?

You want to create a new variant for a product catalog. You specified a
combination of a language and currency here for which a variant already
exists.
For a combination of a language and currency, you can only create one
variant for each product catalog.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU436 - Variant already exists with language & and currency & ?

  The SAP error message WU436 indicates that a variant you are trying to create or modify already exists in the system for the specified language and currency. This typically occurs in the context of report variants or selection variants in SAP, where each variant is uniquely identified by its name, language, and currency.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Variant: The most common cause is that a variant with the same name already exists for the specified language and currency.
  Incorrect Input: You may have mistakenly entered the same name for a variant that already exists.
  System Configuration: In some cases, system settings or configurations may lead to this error if the same variant is being created in different contexts.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Variants: 
  
  Navigate to the transaction where you are trying to create the variant (e.g., SE38 for ABAP reports).
  Use the variant management options to list existing variants and check if the one you are trying to create already