How To Fix G00859 - The subassignment indicator will be deleted for characteristic &1

G00859 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G00 - SAP Consolidation

• Message number: 859

• Message text: The subassignment indicator will be deleted for characteristic &1

What causes this issue?

Within a compound, either all characteristics or none at all must be
selected as subassignments.

System Response

The subassignment indicator is deleted for all characteristics in the
compound.

How to fix this error?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message G00859 - The subassignment indicator will be deleted for characteristic &1 ?

  The SAP error message G00859 indicates that there is an issue with the subassignment indicator for a characteristic in the context of SAP's classification system. This message typically arises when there is an attempt to delete or modify a characteristic that has subassignments, which are used to define more specific attributes or properties for a classification.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  You are trying to delete or change a characteristic that has existing subassignments.
  The system is configured to prevent the deletion of characteristics that are still in use or have dependencies.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Subassignments: Review the characteristic in question to see if there are any existing subassignments. You can do this by navigating to the classification data for that characteristic.
  
  
  Delete or Modify Subassignments: If there are subassignments that are no longer needed, you may need to delete them first before you can delete or modify the