How To Fix WXP150 - No planning hierarchy can be maintained for planning step &1

WXP150 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 150

• Message text: No planning hierarchy can be maintained for planning step &1

What causes this issue?

You want to go to planning hierarchy maintenance for planning step &V1&
. This planning step does not, however, belong to "Manual planning" or
"Automatic planning".

System Response

The activity is not executed.

How to fix this error?

If you want to maintain a planning hierarchy, select the planning step
method "Manual planning" and/or "Automatic planning" in the basic
settings for planning step &V1&. Ensure that you assigne a database
table and planning levels to the planning step.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WXP150 - Details

• Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WXP150 No planning hierarchy can be maintained for planning step &1
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message occurs when you try to maintain or assign a planning hierarchy to a planning step in SAP's planning environment (such as in SAP BW or SAP Integrated Planning), but the system does not allow it because:
  
  The planning step you are working with is not configured to support planning hierarchies.
  The planning step might be of a type that inherently does not use planning hierarchies.
  The planning hierarchy is not defined or activated for the particular planning step.
  There might be a mismatch or missing configuration in the planning step settings related to hierarchy maintenance.
  
  
  Explanation:
  In SAP Integrated Planning (IP), planning steps can be configured to use planning hierarchies to control the data aggregation and planning process. However, not all planning steps require or support planning hierarchies. When you attempt to