SAP Message W_004 - Material &1 may not be used in retail as bill of material header

Diagnosis
The article category &V2& of the material &V1& is not allowed in Retailas the header of a bill of material.

System Response
No bills of material can be created for the material.

Procedure
Ensure during the product upload of the header product that it iscreated in OLTP with the permitted article category.
In Retail, BOM header materials with the following article categoriesare allowed:

  • Sales set (article category "10")

  • Display material (article category "12")

  • Prepack material (article category "11")

  • In addition, single materials and variants of generic materials areallowed as header materials of empties BOMs. At present, empties BOMsare not supported in the upload.