How To Fix DMU318 - PVS variant &1 links to PVS node &2 (no PVS node of type color)

DMU318 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: DMU - Digital Mock Up (DMU)

• Message number: 318

• Message text: PVS variant &1 links to PVS node &2 (no PVS node of type color)

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DMU318 - Details

• The SAP error message DMU318 indicates an issue related to the Product Variant Configuration (PVC) in the context of the SAP Variant Configuration (VC) module. Specifically, this error occurs when a PVS (Product Variant Structure) variant is linked to a PVS node that does not have a corresponding node of the required type (in this case, a "color" type).
  
  Cause:
  The error message DMU318 is triggered when:
  
  A variant (e.g., a specific configuration of a product) is trying to reference a PVS node that is expected to have a specific attribute (like color), but that attribute is missing or not defined correctly in the PVS structure.
  There may be a misconfiguration in the variant configuration settings or the PVS structure itself.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check PVS Configuration:
  
  Go to the PVS configuration in your SAP system and verify that the PVS node linked to the variant indeed has a node