How To Fix QS862 - Characteristics in the current material specification will be proposed

QS862 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QS - QM: Master data

• Message number: 862

• Message text: Characteristics in the current material specification will be proposed

What causes this issue?

Since you have not planned the material specification for the date you
entered, the system proposes the characterstics in the current status
of the specification for further processing.

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QS862 - Details

• The SAP error message QS862 indicates that there are characteristics in the current material specification that will be proposed for the material. This message typically arises in the context of Quality Management (QM) and Material Management (MM) modules when dealing with material specifications and characteristics.
  
  Cause:
  The error message QS862 usually occurs due to the following reasons:
  
  
  Missing Characteristics: The material specification may not have all the required characteristics defined, or the characteristics may not be properly assigned to the material.
  
  
  Inconsistent Data: There may be inconsistencies in the data related to the material specification, such as missing values or incorrect assignments.
  
  
  Change in Material Specification: If there have been recent changes to the material specification or characteristics, the system may flag this message to indicate that the current specification does not match the expected configuration.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the QS862 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Specification:
  
  Go to the material specification in the SAP