How To Fix G1004 - Characteristic value for characteristic & in row block & is not unique.

G1004 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G1 - Report Writer: Report Painter-specific messages

• Message number: 004

• Message text: Characteristic value for characteristic & in row block & is not unique.

What causes this issue?

You maintained several intervals and/or single values in the row block
&v2& for the characteristic. In doing so, at least one value appeared
more than once or two intervals overlap.

System Response

This causes the data records belonging to it to be used more than once
in the Report Writer, that means that they are referred to more than
once in the row or that subtotals are entered twice.

How to fix this error?

If the situation described is undesirable, maintain the characteristic
values in such a way that the data does not appear more than once.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message G1004 - Characteristic value for characteristic & in row block & is not unique. ?

  The SAP error message G1004 indicates that there is a problem with the uniqueness of characteristic values in a specific context, typically when working with characteristics in a classification system or when creating or modifying master data (like materials or equipment) that uses characteristics.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when you attempt to assign a characteristic value to a characteristic in a way that violates the uniqueness constraint. This means that the same characteristic value is being assigned to the same characteristic in a row block where it is expected to be unique. This can happen in various scenarios, such as:
  
  Duplicate Entries: You may have multiple entries for the same characteristic value in the same classification or data record.
  Incorrect Data Entry: There might be a mistake in data entry where the same value is inadvertently entered multiple times.
  
  Configuration Issues: The configuration of the characteristics and their values may not be set up correctly,