How To Fix KU394 - Characteristics for product drill-down not yet generated

KU394 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KU - Costing: Rollup

• Message number: 394

• Message text: Characteristics for product drill-down not yet generated

What causes this issue?

For the product drill-down, a structure definition must be made
that specifies the characteristics from the classification system.

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?

Go into Customizing for Product Cost Controlling and carry out the step
"Generate characteristics for product drill-down".

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KU394 - Details

• The SAP error message KU394, which states "Characteristics for product drill-down not yet generated," typically occurs in the context of SAP's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or when working with characteristics in the context of variant configuration. This error indicates that the system is unable to retrieve the necessary characteristics for a product because they have not been generated or are not available in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Characteristics Generation: The characteristics for the product have not been generated yet. This can happen if the product is newly created or if the characteristics have not been properly defined in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues with the configuration of the product or the variant configuration settings.
  Data Inconsistencies: There could be inconsistencies in the master data or the configuration data that prevent the characteristics from being generated.
  Authorization Issues: Sometimes, the user may not have the necessary authorizations to view or generate the characteristics.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Generate