EGOIREL: Import Related Items Via Interface MTL_RELATED_ITEMS_INTERFACE Fails With Error: Relationship type id 1 is not a valid relationship type (Doc ID 2043035.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

Applies to:

Symptoms

Trying to create related items with interface table.

Error
Relationship type id 1 is not a valid relationship type.

What is working
Other types (like substitute item) work except type 1 / related item.

Steps
1. Insert relationship into interface.
2. Run interface (concurrent program Import Related Items).
3. Record fails with error.

Example Insert statement creating a related item between two items prompting for the part numbers (not item id but segment1), organization id, and user id:

INSERT INTO Mtl_Related_Items_Interface
(
Inventory_Item_Id ,
Organization_Id ,
Related_Item_Id ,
Relationship_Type_Id,
Reciprocal_Flag,
Transaction_Type,
Process_Flag,
Last_Update_Date,
Last_Updated_By ,
Creation_Date ,
Created_By
)
VALUES
(
(    SELECT inventory_item_id
    FROM apps.mtl_system_items_b
    WHERE organization_id = '&YourOrgID'
    AND segment1 = '&YourItemNumber1')
,'3'
,     (SELECT inventory_item_id
    FROM apps.mtl_system_items_b
    WHERE organization_id = '&YourOrgID'
    AND segment1 = '&YourItemNumber2')
,'1' -- 1=related
,'Y' -- Reciprocal = Yes
,'CREATE'
,'1' -- 1 = process
,sysdate
,'&UserID'
,sysdate
,'&UserID'
);

This is an example from an internal Vision environment where the item id 1555979 and 1555978 where related in V1 (organization id 204):

INSERT INTO MTL_RELATED_ITEMS_INTERFACE
(
INVENTORY_ITEM_ID   ,
RELATED_ITEM_ID     ,
RELATIONSHIP_TYPE_ID,
RECIPROCAL_FLAG     ,
ORGANIZATION_ID     ,
PROCESS_FLAG        ,
SET_PROCESS_ID      ,
TRANSACTION_TYPE
)
VALUES
(
1555979,--INVENTORY_ITEM_ID - 3-11025387111b
1555978,--RELATED_ITEM_ID - 3-11025387111
2             ,--RELATIONSHIP_TYPE_ID
'Y'            ,--RECIPROCAL_FLAG
204         ,--ORGANIZATION_ID
1             ,--PROCESS_FLAG
1000000   ,--SET_PROCESS_ID
'CREATE'  --TRANSACTION_TYPE
);

Log Details
Example log error:

EGOIREL module: Import Related Items
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Current system time is 11-AUG-2015 08:57:02

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

**Starts**11-AUG-2015 08:57:03
**Ends**11-AUG-2015 08:57:05
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Start of log messages from FND_FILE
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Entering process Related Items Import.
Set Process Id :
Error Message for Transaction 141 : Relationship type id 1 is not a valid relationship type.
************************************
TRANSACTION ID : 141
ORGANIZATION ID :
TABLE NAME : MTL_RELATED_ITEMS_INTERFACE
COLUMN NAME :
MESSAGE NAME : EGO_REL_TYPE_NOT_VALID
ERROR MESSAGE : Relationship type id 1 is not a valid relationship type.
Processed 1 records.
Exiting Related Items Import.

Example Relationship Types

This SQL can be used to look at the available relationship types. All worked except the first option 1/Related.

SELECT FLV.LOOKUP_CODE, FLV.MEANING, FLV.DESCRIPTION, FLV.LANGUAGE
FROM FND_LOOKUP_VALUES FLV
WHERE FLV.LOOKUP_TYPE = 'MTL_RELATIONSHIP_TYPES'
AND FLV.LANGUAGE = Userenv('LANG')
AND FLV.ENABLED_FLAG = 'Y' ;

Example output:

1    Related
2    Substitute
3    Cross-Sell
4    Up-Sell
5    Service
6    Prerequisite
7    Collateral
8    Superseded
9    Complimentary
10   Impact
11   Conflict
12   Mandatory Charge
13   Optional Charge
14   Promotional Upgrade
15   Split
16   Merge
17   Migration
18   Repair To
19   Regulatory

Cause

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