How To Fix KM706 - No plant characteristic entered for the charact. representative material

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KM - Error messages for Profit Center Accounting

• Message number: 706

• Message text: No plant characteristic entered for the charact. representative material

What causes this issue?

In layout maintenance, you included the characteristic
<ZH>Representative Material</> in the planning layout, but did not
include the characteristic <ZH>Plant</>.
The chararcteristic combination <ZH>Representative Material/Plant</> is
required if you wish to derive transfer prices and costs for the
purpose of quantity-based planning.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

If you wish to implement quantity-based planning, add the
characteristic <ZH>Plant</> to the layout definition.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KM706 - No plant characteristic entered for the charact. representative material ?

  The SAP error message KM706, which states "No plant characteristic entered for the characteristic representative material," typically occurs in the context of SAP's classification system, particularly when dealing with characteristics and materials in the context of classification and variant configuration.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises when:
  
  Missing Plant Assignment: The characteristic representative material does not have a plant assigned to it. In SAP, characteristics can be defined at the plant level, and if a plant is not specified, the system cannot process the material correctly.
  Incorrect Configuration: The configuration of the material or the characteristics may not be set up correctly, leading to the inability to find the necessary plant characteristics.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the master data, such as missing or incorrect entries in the material master or classification data.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KM706 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Master Data:
  
  Go to the material master record for the characteristic