API BOM_BO_PUB.Process_Bom Gives Error "You Cannot Insert, Update or Delete Component" "Parent Component Does Not Exist" (Doc ID 1064985.1)

Symptoms

See the following errors similar when using the BOM API bom_bo_pub.Process_Bom:

1. Unable to create a substitute component using API.

Error: You cannot insert, update or delete substitute component 1 because its parent component 2 does not exist for item 3.

--> Component 2 does exist.

2. Unable to update existing BOM components using the API (unless the component was created via the API).. In other words, cannot update components that were created manually through the form (but able to update if the component was created through the API)

Error: You cannot update or delete component 1 since it does not exist for item A.

--> Component 1 does exist.

Changes

Cause

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