How To Fix WV256 - The plants selected do not sell via distibution chains &1/&2

WV256 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WV - Messages about Sales Price Calculation

• Message number: 256

• Message text: The plants selected do not sell via distibution chains &1/&2

What causes this issue?

The plants selected do not sell via <GL:distribution_chain>distribution
chain</> &V1&/&V2&.

System Response

The system cannot calculate any sales prices in the distribution chain
for the plants selected.

How to fix this error?

If you enter a plant on the initial screen for sales price
calculations, you no not have to enter a distribution chain. If you do
not enter a distribution chain, the system takes all distribution
chains into account to which the plant is assigned and for which
plant-specific sales prices are defined. Try the transaction again,
entering the plants but leaving the distribution chain empty.
If the distribution chains determined are not what you expected, check
the distribution chains assigned to the plants in the plant master
data. Then check which pricing levels are allowed below the
distribution chain level. You check this in
(<DS:SIMG.W_OE_EG_WL_0101>Distribution chain control</>).

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WV256 - Details

• The SAP error message WV256 indicates that the plants selected in your transaction do not sell products through the specified distribution chains. This typically occurs in the context of sales and distribution (SD) processes when trying to create or process sales documents, such as sales orders or quotations.
  
  Cause:
  
  Plant Configuration: The plant you are trying to use is not assigned to the specified distribution channel in the system. This means that the plant is not set up to sell products through that particular distribution channel.
  Master Data Issues: The material master data or the customer master data may not be correctly configured for the specified plant and distribution channel.
  Sales Area Configuration: The sales area (which consists of the sales organization, distribution channel, and division) may not be properly configured to include the plant in question.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Plant Assignment:
  
  Go to the transaction code OVX5 (or navigate through the menu: SPRO > Sales and Distribution