How To Fix NAA196 - The characteristics catalog is missing for usage level &1

NAA196 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: NAA - Subsequent settlement (Purchasing)

• Message number: 196

• Message text: The characteristics catalog is missing for usage level &1

What causes this issue?

The characteristic catalog is missing for usage aggregation level &V1&.
The possible characteristics cannot be determined.

System Response

INCLUDE ISR_VERARBEITUNG OBJECT DOKU ID TX

How to fix this error?

Contact your system administrator.

Procedure for System Administrators

The fields of structure &V3& should have been read. However, the
structure does not exist, or contains no fields, or could not be read.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

NAA196 - Details

• The SAP error message NAA196 indicates that the characteristics catalog is missing for a specified usage level. This error typically arises in the context of SAP's classification system, where characteristics catalogs are used to define the attributes of materials or other objects.
  
  Cause:
  The error can occur due to several reasons:
  
  Missing Characteristics Catalog: The characteristics catalog for the specified usage level has not been created or is not available in the system.
  Incorrect Configuration: The configuration settings for the classification system may not be set up correctly, leading to the system being unable to find the required catalog.
  Transport Issues: If the characteristics catalog was recently transported from another system (e.g., from development to production), there may have been issues during the transport process.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access the characteristics catalog.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the NAA196 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Characteristics Catalog:
  
  Go to the transaction code