How To Fix WU460 - Enter a purchasing period before you enter purchase price conditions

WU460 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 460

• Message text: Enter a purchasing period before you enter purchase price conditions

What causes this issue?

For creating purchase price conditions, the purchasing period
must be maintained in the promotion header because this is copied
as the validity period for purchase price conditions.

How to fix this error?

Maintain the purchasing period.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU460 - Enter a purchasing period before you enter purchase price conditions ?

  The SAP error message WU460 ("Enter a purchasing period before you enter purchase price conditions") typically occurs in the context of maintaining purchasing info records or conditions in the SAP system. This error indicates that the system requires a purchasing period to be defined before you can enter any purchase price conditions.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises because the system expects a valid purchasing period to be set in the purchasing info record or condition record. The purchasing period defines the timeframe during which the specified conditions (like prices) are valid. If this period is not defined, the system cannot process the price conditions, leading to the error message.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to follow these steps:
  
  
  Access the Purchasing Info Record or Condition Record:
  
  Go to the transaction code for maintaining purchasing info records (e.g., ME11 for creating, ME12 for changing) or condition records (e.g., MEK1 for creating, MEK2 for changing).
  
  
  
  Enter the Purchasing