How To Fix ME_RELCHK038 - You must maintain a customer exit for characteristic &1

ME_RELCHK038 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ME_RELCHK - Check Customizing for Release Strategy

• Message number: 038

• Message text: You must maintain a customer exit for characteristic &1

What causes this issue?

You have linked the characteristic &V1& with field &V3& of the
communication structure &V2&. In the standard system, this field is not
populated. The data must therefor be determined in a
<DS:GLOS.3526B1B7AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>customer exit</>.
<zh>Example</>
The person responsible for a cost center in a purchase requisition is
to be determined. The name of this person is read from the cost center
master record, placed in the field USRC1, and passed on to
communication structure CEBAN.
The following customer exits are available to you:
Purchase requisition,,,,M06B0002
PO, RFQ, contract,
scheduling agreement,,,,M06E0004

How to fix this error?

Check that you have maintained the relevant customer exit.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message ME_RELCHK038 - You must maintain a customer exit for characteristic &1 ?

  The SAP error message ME_RELCHK038 indicates that there is a requirement for a customer exit to be maintained for a specific characteristic in the context of material management or related processes. This error typically arises when the system expects a certain characteristic to be processed or validated through a custom logic that has not been implemented.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Customer Exit: The primary cause of this error is that the required customer exit (a piece of custom code that allows for additional functionality) has not been implemented for the specified characteristic.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration of the material or characteristic that require a specific validation or processing logic.
  Incompatibility: The characteristic may not be compatible with the current settings or data being processed.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Implement the Customer Exit:
  
  Identify the specific characteristic mentioned in the error message (denoted as &1).
  Use transaction code SE80 or SE38 to access the ABAP Workbench and create or