How To Fix RSDD090 - Characteristic &1 is not active. Activate char. before alignment run

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RSDD - Message class for data manager

• Message number: 090

• Message text: Characteristic &1 is not active. Activate char. before alignment run

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RSDD090 - Characteristic &1 is not active. Activate char. before alignment run ?

  The SAP error message RSDD090 indicates that a characteristic in your data model is not active, which prevents the alignment run from proceeding. This error typically occurs in the context of SAP BW (Business Warehouse) when you are trying to perform operations that require all characteristics to be active.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the characteristic specified in the error message (denoted as &1) is not activated in the InfoObject or the data model. This can happen for several reasons:
  
  The characteristic was recently created or modified and has not been activated.
  The characteristic was deactivated intentionally or unintentionally.
  There may be inconsistencies in the data model or InfoObjects.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to activate the specified characteristic. Here are the steps to do so:
  
  
  Access the InfoObject:
  
  Go to the SAP BW modeling tools or the Data Warehousing Workbench (transaction code RSA1).
  Navigate to the InfoObjects section.
  
  
  
  Find the Characteristic:
  
  Locate the characteristic that