How To Fix WX170 - Plant or customer & created

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WX - Master data maintenance: Plant

• Message number: 170

• Message text: Plant or customer & created

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WX170 - Plant or customer & created ?

  Certainly! Here's detailed information about the SAP error message WX170:
  
  SAP Error Message: WX170
  Message Text:
  
  Plant or customer & created
  
  Meaning / Cause:
  The message WX170 typically appears in the context of sales and distribution (SD) or material management (MM) modules when you are trying to create or reference a plant or customer that does not exist in the system, and the system is indicating that the plant or customer has now been created.
  More specifically:
  
  The system tried to find a plant or customer master record.
  It did not exist previously.
  The system automatically created the plant or customer master record during the transaction.
  The message informs the user that the plant or customer has been created.
  
  This message is informational and not an error that stops processing. It is a confirmation that the system has created the missing master data on the fly.
  
  When does this occur?
  
  When creating sales documents or purchase documents where the plant or customer master data is missing.
  When using certain transactions or interfaces that allow automatic creation of master data.
  When customizing or user-exits allow automatic creation of plants or customers.
  
  
  Solution / How to handle:
  
  Check the master data: Verify that the plant or customer master data has been created correctly.
  Review business process: Confirm if automatic creation of plants or customers is intended and allowed in your business process.
  Adjust settings if needed: If automatic creation is not desired, adjust the system settings or user-exits to prevent automatic creation and instead prompt for manual creation.
  Inform users: Since this is an informational message, users should be aware that the system has created the master data and they may need to maintain additional details for the new plant or customer.
  Master data maintenance: After creation, maintain all required master data fields for the new plant or customer to ensure smooth processing in subsequent transactions.
  
  
  Related Information:
  
  Transaction codes:  
  
  XD01 / VD01 (Create Customer)  
  MM01 (Create Material)  
  OX10 (Define Plants)  
  
  
  Tables involved:  
  
  T001W (Plants/Branches)  
  KNA1 (General Customer Data)  
  
  
  Configuration:  
  
  Automatic creation of master data can be controlled via user-exits or BAdIs in SD/MM.
  
  
  SAP Notes:  
  
  Check SAP Notes related to automatic master data creation if unexpected behavior occurs.
  
  
  User-exits/BAdIs:  
  
  User-exits like USEREXIT_SAVE_DOCUMENT_PREPARE or BAdIs related to master data creation might be involved.
  
  
  
  
  Summary:
  
  WX170 is an informational message indicating that a plant or customer master record was missing and has now been created automatically by the system.
  No error correction is needed unless automatic creation is not desired.
  Verify and maintain the newly created master data as per business requirements.
  
  
  If you want, I can help you with specific steps to check or maintain the master data or how to disable automatic creation if that is your goal.