The material &1 is used in purchasing documents; only display possible

What causes this issue?

You want to create or change a bill of material (BOM) for the
<DS:GLOS.3526BBD7AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>structured material</> &V1&.
However, this material is already used in purchasing documents (such as
purchase orders). To prevent data inconsistencies, the BOM may no
longer be changed.

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?

INCLUDE BOM OBJECT DOKU ID TX LANGUAGE EN

Procedure for System Administrators

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