How To Fix WU588 - Pricing ref. mat. & can only be deactivated with all dependent materials

WU588 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 588

• Message text: Pricing ref. mat. & can only be deactivated with all dependent materials

What causes this issue?

Sales price conditions for pricing reference materials apply to all
price-dependent materials. You must therefore deactivate the prices for
all materials that use the same conditions at the same time.

System Response

INCLUDE ISR_VERARBEITUNG OBJECT DOKU ID TX

How to fix this error?

Select pricing reference material &V1& together with all dependent
materials.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU588 - Pricing ref. mat. & can only be deactivated with all dependent materials ?

  The SAP error message WU588 indicates that a pricing reference material (ref. mat.) cannot be deactivated because there are dependent materials that are still using it. This typically occurs in the context of material master data management, particularly when dealing with pricing and material dependencies in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  
  Dependent Materials: The error arises when there are materials that are linked to the pricing reference material. These dependent materials may be using the pricing conditions or other attributes defined in the reference material.
  Active Pricing Conditions: If there are active pricing conditions or records that reference the pricing reference material, it cannot be deactivated until all dependencies are resolved.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify Dependent Materials:
  
  Use transaction codes like MM03 (Display Material) to check which materials are dependent on the pricing reference material.
  You can also use reports or queries to list all materials that reference the pricing reference material.
  
  
  
  Deactivate Dependencies:
  
  For each