SAP Message BOM017 - You can only update one bill of material at a time

Diagnosis
If the error occurred during distribution of

  • Material BOMs (BOMMAT message type), document structures (BOMDOC) or
  • order BOMs (BOMORD), please note that the ALE distribution inbox canonly process one bill of material per IDoc.
    • Plant assignments (PALMAT) or material variants (STTMAT) please note
    • that only assignments to one BOM per IDoc can be distributed. This doesnot restrict the number of assignments per BOM.

      System Response
      The ALE inbound module cannot process this BOM IDoc. The system canalso no longer accept it if you repost it.
      The IDoc remains in the inbox with status 51 (error during posting).

      Procedure
      Create one IDoc per BOM and per BOM change.