How To Fix QPMS015 - Multiple specification for material-only assignment not possible

QPMS015 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QPMS - Planning for Multiple Specifications and Parameter Chars

• Message number: 015

• Message text: Multiple specification for material-only assignment not possible

<ZH>&CAUSE&</>
The existing inspection plan has been defined for
<DS:DE.Q_MS_FLG>multiple specifications</>.
You want to edit dependent specifications for multiple specifications.
However, this is not possible for a <ZH>material-only
</> assignment.

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?

Choose another material-task list assignment for editing multiple
specifications.
You can edit multiple specifications for the following material-task
list assignments:
Assignment of material, customer, and object type <ZH>Customer</> <ZH>or
</>
Assignment of material, multiple specifications object, and object type
<ZH>Object</> <ZH>or</>
Assignment of material, customer and multiple specifications object, and
object type <ZH>Object</> or <ZH>Customer</>

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QPMS015 - Details

• The SAP error message QPMS015 ("Multiple specification for material-only assignment not possible") typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) when there is an attempt to assign multiple specifications to a material that is not allowed. This can happen in scenarios where the system expects a single specification for a material, but multiple specifications are being attempted.
  
  Cause:
  
  Multiple Specifications: The error is triggered when there are multiple specifications defined for a material in the system, and the system is configured to allow only one specification for that material.
  Configuration Settings: The configuration settings in the Quality Management module may restrict the assignment of multiple specifications to a single material.
  Data Entry Error: There may be an error in data entry where multiple specifications were inadvertently created for the same material.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Review Specifications: Check the specifications assigned to the material in question. You can do this by navigating to the relevant transaction in SAP