How To Fix MA360 - No characteristic value combinations exist for the selected data

MA360 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MA - Sales and Operations Planning

• Message number: 360

• Message text: No characteristic value combinations exist for the selected data

What causes this issue?

You have tried to create a plan based on an information structure for
which no characteristic value combinations have been created.

System Response

No plan can be created.

How to fix this error?

Either create one or more characteristic value combinations for this
information structure with <LS>Planning hierarchy -> Create</> in the
menu "Master data"
Or specify a characteristic value at every level

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

MA360 - Details

• The SAP error message MA360 ("No characteristic value combinations exist for the selected data") typically occurs in the context of Material Management (MM) or Production Planning (PP) when you are trying to access or process data related to characteristics and their values, such as in the context of variant configuration or when working with characteristics in a material master.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Missing Characteristic Value Combinations: The primary cause of this error is that the system cannot find any valid combinations of characteristic values for the material or configuration you are trying to work with. This can happen if:
  
  The characteristic values have not been defined for the material.
  The characteristic value combinations have not been maintained in the configuration profile.
  The material is not correctly assigned to the configuration profile.
  
  
  
  Incorrect Configuration Profile: If the configuration profile assigned to the material does not match the characteristics defined, it can lead to this error.
  
  
  Data Inconsistencies: There may be