How To Fix KU376 - The characteristic for field & was already marked

KU376 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KU - Costing: Rollup

• Message number: 376

• Message text: The characteristic for field & was already marked

What causes this issue?

The object characteristic to be deleted is still used in a hierarchy.

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

System Response

The system cannot delete the characteristic.

How to fix this error?

Remove the characteristic from the indicated hierarchy.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KU376 - Details

• The SAP error message KU376 indicates that a characteristic for a field has already been marked, which typically occurs in the context of variant configuration or when working with characteristics in the SAP system. This error can arise during various operations, such as when trying to create or modify characteristics in the configuration of a product.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Marking: The characteristic you are trying to mark has already been marked for another purpose or in another context.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues with the configuration of the characteristics or the way they are being used in the variant configuration model.
  Data Integrity: The system may have integrity constraints that prevent the same characteristic from being marked multiple times.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Existing Markings: Review the characteristics that are already marked in the system. You can do this by navigating to the relevant configuration settings in SAP and checking the status of the characteristics.
  Remove Duplicate Marking: If