Material not used in maintenance task lists

What causes this issue?

You have specified a material that is not used in any
<DS:GLOS.3526C2E2AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>maintenance task list</>. The
search run was ended unsuccessfully.
Ensure that the system only finds free material assignments and
assembly components. Multi-level bills of material are not expanded at
present.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

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