How To Fix COM_PR_MDCHECK038 - Category &1 (GUID &2) does not have a description in the logon-language

COM_PR_MDCHECK038 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: COM_PR_MDCHECK - Consistency Checks for Product Master Data

• Message number: 038

• Message text: Category &1 (GUID &2) does not have a description in the logon-language

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COM_PR_MDCHECK038 - Details

• The SAP error message COM_PR_MDCHECK038 indicates that a specific category (identified by &1) and a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier, identified by &2) do not have a description available in the user's logon language. This typically occurs in the context of SAP applications that rely on multilingual support, where certain entries may not have been translated or configured for the user's selected language.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Translations: The most common cause is that the description for the specified category in the user's logon language has not been maintained in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues with the configuration of the categories or the GUIDs in the system, leading to missing or incomplete data.
  Data Migration: If data was migrated from another system, it’s possible that not all translations were carried over properly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Translations:
  
  Go to the relevant transaction (e.g., SE63 for translation) and check if the description for the category in the specified logon language