SAP Message WE216 - The EAN & may not be assigned externally

Diagnosis
You have entered an EAN or a UPC to which no external number rangeinterval is assigned.
This error may occur

  • if only an internal interval or if no interval exists for the number
  • you have entered
    • if you have entered an alphanumeric EAN, and this number belongs to a
    • number range interval of a number category for which no alphanumericEANs are permitted

      Procedure
      Enter a valid number.