How To Fix WU698 - Planned sales quantity of generic matl & was adjusted to variant total

WU698 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 698

• Message text: Planned sales quantity of generic matl & was adjusted to variant total

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU698 - Planned sales quantity of generic matl & was adjusted to variant total ?

  The SAP error message WU698 indicates that the planned sales quantity for a generic material has been adjusted to match the total quantity of its variants. This typically occurs in the context of variant configuration in SAP, where a generic material (often referred to as a "super" or "generic" material) is used to represent a group of variants that share common characteristics.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Variant Configuration: The error arises when there is a mismatch between the planned sales quantity of the generic material and the total planned sales quantity of its variants. This can happen if the system is trying to allocate sales quantities to specific variants but the total planned quantity for the generic material does not match the sum of the quantities for its variants.
  
  
  Sales Order Entry: If sales orders are entered for specific variants without properly reflecting the total planned quantity for the generic material, the system will adjust the