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alias: user-guide-special-change-material-product
description: "This documentation outlines a process for modifying material product associations within a system"
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# Special Change Material Product

:lock: Material.**SpecialChangeProduct**

## Overview

The user accesses the system in order to change the **Product** of a **Material** which has been created in error.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Material exists and is Active.
* TopMost Material is not *InProcess*, not *OnHold* and not *InTransit*.
* The new Product exists, is Active and Enabled.
* If a Material is associated with a Production Order, the *IsProductionComplete* property must be false.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Material

1. Select a new Material **Product**.
2. In case the Material is associated with any sub-material(s), it will possible to define whether you wish to apply the selected product to the sub-material(s) that share the same product of the main material, by ticking the check box.
3. If the **Product** requires a Bin Code (property Requires Bin Code is set to `true` in the **Product**), enter the appropriate value.
4. Select **Next** to select the sub-material product(s).

![special_change_material1]

### Step 2: Sub-Materials

1. Select a new **Product** from a list of existing products, both for each **Material** and sub-material(s).
2. Optionally, enter a comment.
3. Select **Change** to complete the operation.

![special_change_material2]

!!! info
	If the **Step** where the **Material** is currently placed has the Print Material Labels Automatically property set to `true`, that information will be displayed on the bottom section of the wizard.

![Screenshot showing a printer labeling a material with automatic labels.](images/material_label_printing_automatically.png)

[special_change_material1]: images/special_change_material1.png
[special_change_material2]: images/special_change_material2.png