How To Fix WXP244 - Enter different planning steps as source and target

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 244

• Message text: Enter different planning steps as source and target

What causes this issue?

You cannot link a planning step to the same planning step. The link you
entered does not therefore exist.

System Response

INCLUDE ISR_VERARBEITUNG OBJECT DOKU ID TX

How to fix this error?

Select different planning steps for source and target.
If you want to process or generate plan data for a planning step
automatically, assign automatic planning to the planning step in
question.

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WXP244 - Enter different planning steps as source and target ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WXP244: Enter different planning steps as source and target:
  
  Error Message
  WXP244: Enter different planning steps as source and target
  
  Cause
  This error occurs when you try to perform a planning function (such as copying, transferring, or comparing data) in SAP's planning environment (often in SAP APO or SAP BW Integrated Planning) and you specify the same planning step as both the source and the target.
  
  Planning steps represent different stages or versions of planning data (e.g., "Initial Plan," "Adjusted Plan," "Final Plan").
  The system expects you to select two different planning steps to perform operations like copying data from one step to another.
  If the source and target planning steps are identical, the system cannot proceed because it would mean copying or transferring data onto itself, which is logically incorrect.
  
  
  Solution
  To resolve this error:
  
  
  Check the planning steps you have entered:
  
  Ensure that the source planning step and the