How To Fix ML035 - Enter supplier or "not evaluated since" date

ML035 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ML - Purchasing: Supplier Evaluation

• Message number: 035

• Message text: Enter supplier or "not evaluated since" date

What causes this issue?

You have not specified the suppliers you want to re-evaluate.

How to fix this error?

Either enter a certain supplier for whom you want to start a new
evaluation of the semi-automatic and automatic subcriteria, or enter a
certain date in the field 'Not evaluated since'.
If you enter a date, all suppliers that have not been evaluated since
this date will automatically be re-evaluated.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

ML035 - Details

• The SAP error message ML035 ("Enter supplier or 'not evaluated since' date") typically occurs in the context of Material Management (MM) and is related to the evaluation of suppliers in the system. This error indicates that the system requires either a supplier to be specified or a date indicating when the supplier was last evaluated.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Supplier Information: The system expects a supplier to be specified for the evaluation process, but none has been provided.
  Missing Evaluation Date: The "not evaluated since" date is required to determine the last evaluation of the supplier, and if this date is not provided, the system cannot proceed.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues with the configuration of the supplier evaluation settings in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the ML035 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Enter Supplier Information:
  
  Ensure that you have selected or entered a valid supplier in the relevant field. This is typically done in the supplier