How To Fix WXPB115 - No reference article is maintained for material group &1

WXPB115 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXPB - MAP Messages: SAP R/3 Enterprise Add-On

• Message number: 115

• Message text: No reference article is maintained for material group &1

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WXPB115 - No reference article is maintained for material group &1 ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WXPB115 No reference article is maintained for material group &1
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message occurs in SAP when the system expects a reference article (a standard or template material) to be maintained for a particular material group, but none is found. This typically happens in scenarios involving:
  
  Variant configuration or product modeling where a reference article is used as a base for creating variants.
  Sales and distribution processes where reference articles are used for pricing, configuration, or classification.
  When the system tries to determine a reference article for a material group but the customizing or master data is incomplete.
  
  In other words, the system is trying to find a "reference article" linked to the material group specified (the placeholder &1 is replaced by the actual material group), but no such article has been maintained in the system.
  
  Where it occurs:
  
  Variant Configuration (LO-VC)
  Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  Sales and