How To Fix QP383 - Inspection characteristic & is linked to a class characteristic

QP383 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QP - Message IDs for function module group QPAA

• Message number: 383

• Message text: Inspection characteristic & is linked to a class characteristic

What causes this issue?

The master inspection characteristic can be used in a material
specification during variant configuration or batch determination. If
you perform a copy operation, this link is lost. This means that both
the inspection characteristic for the task list and the material
specification characteristic (or the characteristic for the
configuration or batch determination) have to be inspected when an
inspection lot is created.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Make sure you really want to copy this master inspection
characteristic.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QP383 - Inspection characteristic & is linked to a class characteristic ?

  The SAP error message QP383 indicates that an inspection characteristic is linked to a class characteristic, which typically means that there is a conflict or issue with the configuration of the inspection characteristics in the Quality Management (QM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  An inspection characteristic is defined in a way that it is associated with a class characteristic, but the system does not allow this linkage in the current context.
  There may be inconsistencies in the configuration of the inspection plan or the material master data.
  The characteristic may not be properly defined or may be missing required attributes.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the QP383 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Inspection Characteristics:
  
  Go to the inspection plan and review the characteristics defined. Ensure that they are correctly set up and not incorrectly linked to class characteristics.
  
  
  
  Review Class Characteristics:
  
  If the inspection characteristic is intended to be linked to a class characteristic, ensure that the class and