How To Fix MH206 - The transferred characteristic &1 does not exist for the material &2

MH206 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MH - Maintain Material Master Data (Retail)

• Message number: 206

• Message text: The transferred characteristic &1 does not exist for the material &2

What causes this issue?

You want to assign a value for the characteristic &V1& to the material
&V2&. However, this characteristic is unknown, that is, it has not been
assigned within the <DS:GLOS.3526BC99AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>material
group hierarchy</>. This error can occur in data transfer when using
the IDoc <LS>ARTMAS</> or the BAPI <LS>BAPI_MATERIAL_MAINTAINDATA_RT</>
to import material master data.

System Response

The classification data for the material cannot be created.

How to fix this error?

Check whether the characteristic transferred is correct. You may have
forgotten to assign it within the material group hierarchy.
If <DS:GLOS.3526BC17AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>characteristics profiles
</> are used, and the characteristic has been assigned to a
characteristics profile, the relevant characteristics profile must also
be transferred in the IDoc or when the BAPI is called (see the
<DS:FU.BAPI_MATERIAL_MAINTAINDATA_RT>documentation</> for this BAPI).
Also make sure that the characteristics profile has been assigned to
the material group specified for this material.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MH206 - The transferred characteristic &1 does not exist for the material &2 ?

  The SAP error message MH206 indicates that a specific characteristic (denoted as &1) is not defined for a particular material (denoted as &2) in the system. This error typically arises in the context of classification and variant configuration in SAP, where materials are assigned certain characteristics that define their properties.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Characteristic: The characteristic that is being referenced does not exist in the classification system for the specified material.
  Incorrect Material Type: The material type may not be configured to use the characteristic in question.
  Incorrect Configuration: The material may not be properly classified or may not belong to the correct class that includes the characteristic.
  Data Entry Error: There may be a typo or error in the characteristic name or material number being used in the transaction.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Characteristic Definition:
  
  Go to the classification system in SAP and verify if the characteristic exists. You can do this by navigating to the transaction code CT04 (for