How To Fix QC146 - No values for characteristic &2 were found in material &1

QC146 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QC - QM: Certificates

• Message number: 146

• Message text: No values for characteristic &2 were found in material &1

What causes this issue?

No values were found for characteristic &V2& from certificate profile
&V3& in material &V1(Z)& (master record: &V4&).

System Response

No value can be printed for this characteristic.

How to fix this error?

Check the characteristic data origin in the certificate profile.

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QC146 - Details

• The SAP error message QC146 "No values for characteristic &2 were found in material &1" typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when you are trying to perform a quality inspection or when you are working with characteristics that are not defined for a specific material.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Characteristic Values: The characteristic specified in the error message (represented by &2) does not have any values assigned for the material (represented by &1) in the material master or the inspection plan.
  Incorrect Material Master Data: The material master data may not be properly configured to include the necessary characteristics for the quality inspection.
  Inspection Plan Issues: The inspection plan may not be correctly set up to include the required characteristics for the material.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the data between the material master and the inspection plan.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Material Master:
  
  Go to the material master (transaction code MM03) and check the characteristics assigned