How To Fix QE214 - No characteristics were found

QE214 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 214

• Message text: No characteristics were found

What causes this issue?

The system did not find any inspection characteristics for the
inspection lot and operation you entered. This may be because:

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

You did not create inspection characteristics for the operation in the
inspection plan.
You chose the wrong transaction.
No inspection characteristics fulfill the processing criteria you
selected using the characteristic filter.
After activating the long-term inspection, only long-term
characteristics are processed.
You wanted to display the individual result for the characteristic. The
inspection lot is relevant for inspection points, but no inspection
points have been created.
The inspection operation is created as a standard task with
summarization in the routing.

System Response

How to fix this error?

Check and, if necessary, change:
The characteristic filter
The characteristic filter determines which characteristics are
processed.
The transaction with which you want to process the characteristics
If you have called up the transaction to process samples, but there are
no sample results to record, choose the transaction 'Record results for
an operation.'

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QE214 - No characteristics were found ?

  The SAP error message QE214 "No characteristics were found" 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 characteristics associated with the inspection plan or the material.
  Causes:
  
  Missing Characteristics in Inspection Plan: The inspection plan associated with the material may not have any characteristics defined.
  Incorrect Inspection Plan Assignment: The inspection plan may not be correctly assigned to the material or the inspection lot.
  Material Master Data Issues: The material master may not be set up correctly, or the relevant views (like QM view) may not be maintained.
  Usage of the Wrong Inspection Type: The inspection type being used may not be configured to pull characteristics.
  Versioning Issues: If there are multiple versions of the inspection plan, the system may be referencing an outdated version that does not have characteristics.
  
  Solutions:
  
  
  Check Inspection Plan:
  
  Go to the inspection plan transaction