How To Fix QF051 - List contains defect records that are not yet saved

QF051 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QF - Defects Recording

• Message number: 051

• Message text: List contains defect records that are not yet saved

What causes this issue?

Defect records are stored as quality notifications. The quality
notifications, however, are only generated <ZH>after the defect records
have been saved</>.
If you select defect records that have not yet been saved,
you cannot display any notifications or items for these records.

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

First save all of the generated defect records. You should then be able
to display the notifications.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QF051 - List contains defect records that are not yet saved ?

  The SAP error message QF051, which states "List contains defect records that are not yet saved," typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when you are trying to process or display a list of defect records (such as notifications or quality notifications) that have not been saved in the system. This can happen in various scenarios, such as when you are trying to display a list of defects or when you are attempting to perform actions on defect records that are still in an unsaved state.
  
  Cause:
  
  Unsaved Records: The primary cause of this error is that there are defect records in the list that have been created but not yet saved. This can happen if you have entered data into a defect record but have not completed the save operation.
  Session Management: If you have multiple sessions open, it is possible that changes made in one session are not reflected