How To Fix QE042 - No partial samples defined for characteristic & & &

QE042 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QE - RM-QSS Fehlertexte zur Ergebniserfassung

• Message number: 042

• Message text: No partial samples defined for characteristic & & &

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QE042 - No partial samples defined for characteristic & & & ?

  The SAP error message QE042 ("No partial samples defined for characteristic & & &") typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when you are trying to create or process a quality inspection lot, and the system cannot find any partial sample definitions for the specified characteristic.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Missing Partial Sample Definition: The most common cause of this error is that there are no partial sample definitions set up for the characteristic in question. Partial samples are used in quality inspections to define how many samples should be taken for a specific characteristic.
  
  
  Incorrect Characteristic Configuration: The characteristic may not be properly configured in the system, or it may not be linked to a sampling procedure that includes partial samples.
  
  
  Sampling Procedure Issues: The sampling procedure assigned to the inspection lot may not have been set up to include partial samples for the characteristic.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Define Partial Samples:
  
  Go to the transaction code QCC1 (for creating