How To Fix QS109 - You cannot maintain a tolerance key for a qualitative characteristic

QS109 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QS - QM: Master data

• Message number: 109

• Message text: You cannot maintain a tolerance key for a qualitative characteristic

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QS109 - You cannot maintain a tolerance key for a qualitative characteristic ?

  The SAP error message QS109, which states "You cannot maintain a tolerance key for a qualitative characteristic," typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) within SAP. This error indicates that you are trying to assign a tolerance key to a qualitative characteristic, which is not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Qualitative Characteristics: Qualitative characteristics are used to evaluate attributes that are not measured quantitatively (e.g., pass/fail, good/bad). Since these characteristics do not have a numerical value, they cannot have a tolerance range associated with them.
  Tolerance Keys: Tolerance keys are used for quantitative characteristics to define acceptable limits for measurements. Attempting to apply these to qualitative characteristics leads to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the QS109 error, you should follow these steps:
  
  
  Review Characteristic Type: Ensure that you are not trying to assign a tolerance key to a qualitative characteristic. If the characteristic is qualitative, you should not attempt to set a tolerance key.
  
  
  Modify Characteristic Settings: If