How To Fix P5169 - Characteristic must be selected due to characteristic chain: & & & &

P5169 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: P5 - Project Information System: (Modification of LIS; M5)

• Message number: 169

• Message text: Characteristic must be selected due to characteristic chain: & & & &

What causes this issue?

You want to transfer one or more than one characteristic to Microsoft
Excel for which a characteristic chain exists. You can only transfer a
complete characteristic chain. Therefore you must also select the
listed characteristics.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

P5169 - Details

• The SAP error message P5169 indicates that a characteristic must be selected due to a characteristic chain. This typically occurs in the context of SAP's variant configuration (VC) or when working with characteristics in a class or a configuration model.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when you are trying to create or modify a configuration for a product, and there are dependencies between characteristics defined in the configuration model. Specifically, it means that one or more characteristics are linked in such a way that selecting one characteristic necessitates the selection of another characteristic (or characteristics) due to the defined characteristic chain.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Characteristic Dependencies:
  
  Review the characteristics involved in the configuration. Look for any dependencies or chains that have been defined in the configuration model.
  You can do this by navigating to the configuration profile or class and checking the dependencies set for the characteristics.
  
  
  
  Select Required Characteristics:
  
  Ensure that