SAP Message VW250 - Variant valid for outbound shipments (but shipment type is inbound)

Diagnosis
The selection variant that you specified applies to outbound shipments.However, the shipment type is 'inbound shipment'. This causes errors inthe online transaction (e.g. 'Create shipment' or 'Change shipment')since the system tries to find deliveries and not inbound deliveries.

System Response

Procedure
Choose (or create) a variant that applies to inbound shipments..