How To Fix QC079 - Enter a characteristic category for characteristic &1

QC079 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QC - QM: Certificates

• Message number: 079

• Message text: Enter a characteristic category for characteristic &1

What causes this issue?

You have made a new entry &V1& but have not specified a characteristic
category.

System Response

A characteristic cannot be inserted.

How to fix this error?

Specify a characteristic category.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QC079 - Details

• The SAP error message QC079, which states "Enter a characteristic category for characteristic &1," typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when you are trying to create or modify a characteristic in the system, but the system requires a characteristic category to be defined for that characteristic.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by the absence of a characteristic category for the specified characteristic. In SAP QM, characteristics are used to define the properties of a material or a process, and each characteristic must be assigned a category that determines how it will be used (e.g., whether it is a qualitative or quantitative characteristic).
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to assign a characteristic category to the characteristic in question. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Characteristic Definition:
  
  Go to the transaction code CT04 (Characteristic Maintenance) in SAP.
  
  
  
  Enter the Characteristic Name:
  
  Input the name of the characteristic that is causing the error