The data for the maintenance statuses & cannot be transferred

What causes this issue?

You wanted to transfer data belonging to the user departments
specified. However, these user departments cannot be maintained for one
of the following reasons:
The user departments are not allowed by the material type.
If you are in change mode, departmental data must already exist for the
material. However, it does not yet exist.
If you are in create mode, departmental data must not already exist for
the material. However, it already exists.

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?

Depending on the cause, check and correct your data as required.

How can this happen?

If you transfer only the purchasing data for a material of standard
material type <LS>FERT</> (for finished products), this error message
appears since purchasing data is not allowed by this material type.

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