896 SAP Message of Class IW Material subject to serial number not possible for external warehouse

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896(IW) - Material subject to serial number not possible for external warehouse

Message number 896 of class IW is used to display message "Material subject to serial number not possible for external warehouse" and can be triggered using the following ABAP code:

    MESSAGE W896(IW). "Warning message example
    MESSAGE I896(IW). "Information message example
    MESSAGE E896(IW). "Error message example
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What causes this issue

The function you want is not supported in transaction IW8W, as
the serial numbers for the current time point are not automaticallytransferred to the inbound delivery.

System Response

How to fix

Instead use the transaction for updating goods receipts for the
refurbishment order (for example, MB31).Note that even when using transaction MB31 you must subsequentlymaintain the serial numbers manually.&SYS_ADMIN&

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