How To Fix QS827 - Master insp. charac. was already assigned to this material specification

QS827 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QS - QM: Master data

• Message number: 827

• Message text: Master insp. charac. was already assigned to this material specification

What causes this issue?

You entered a master inspection characteristic and its corresponding
plant, or made your selection using the input help. However, this
master inspection characteristic has already been assigned to the
material specification.

System Response

How to fix this error?

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message QS827 - Master insp. charac. was already assigned to this material specification ?

  The SAP error message QS827 indicates that a master inspection characteristic has already been assigned to a material specification. This typically occurs in the context of Quality Management (QM) in SAP, where you are trying to assign a characteristic to a material specification that is already linked to that characteristic.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Assignment: The master inspection characteristic you are trying to assign is already associated with the material specification.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be a configuration issue where the system does not allow multiple assignments of the same characteristic to a material specification.
  Data Integrity: The system is designed to maintain data integrity, preventing the same characteristic from being assigned multiple times to avoid confusion in quality inspections.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Assignments: 
  
  Navigate to the material specification in question and check the list of assigned master inspection characteristics. You can do this through the transaction code QS22 (Change Material Specification) or QS21 (Display Material Specification).
  If the