SAP Note 215970 - Bill of material: Delete dead items

Component : Bills of Material - Material Master

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/215970 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
Restrictions in modifying material master data, such as unit of measure changes, are imposed due to the presence of these materials in BOMs, potentially as inactive ('Dead') items. These inconsistencies arise when BOM items are not fully deleted from databases, only marked logically, leading to discrepancies across BOM-related tables like STPO and STAS. SAP has developed reports (ZZITMTC4, ZZITMTD4, ZZITMTD5, ZZITMTDOC) to manage these issues, offering capabilities to identify and optionally remove these inconsistencies, thereby maintaining data integrity and operational efficiency in material management. Caution is advised as certain reports delete BOM history in update mode.

Key words :
- bom item material number                  stpo-dokar, update optionreport zzitmtc4 lists, update optionreport zzitmtd5 lists, - bom node                  stpo-stpoz, update optionreport zzitmtdoc lists, - bom node                  stas-stasz, update optionreport zzitmtd4 lists, - bom number                  stpo-stlkn, - bom number                  stas-atlal, - item number                  stpo-idnrk

Related Notes :

502267Modif. CS02: Undoing parameter-effective changes
422485Standard BOM items are not deleted
212174MM_MATNR: Where-used list for BOM usage
152783Item overview:'Change number to' not displayed
107109MM02, CS02: Material in BOM delete physically
47732Material is still used in bill of material