How To Fix QE169 - No catalog entries for insp. charac. & are maintained in the task list

QE169 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 169

• Message text: No catalog entries for insp. charac. & are maintained in the task list

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QE169 - No catalog entries for insp. charac. & are maintained in the task list ?

  The SAP error message QE169 indicates that there are no catalog entries for the inspection characteristic specified in the task list. This typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when you are trying to create or process inspection lots, and the system cannot find the necessary catalog entries for the inspection characteristics defined in the task list.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Catalog Entries: The most common cause is that the inspection characteristics defined in the task list do not have corresponding entries in the inspection characteristic catalog.
  Incorrect Task List: The task list being used may not be correctly configured or may not include the necessary characteristics.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues with the configuration of the Quality Management module, particularly related to the inspection characteristics and catalogs.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Catalog Entries:
  
  Go to the transaction code QS21 (Create Inspection Characteristic) or QS22 (Change Inspection Characteristic) to check if the inspection characteristics are defined correctly in