How To Fix /SAPAPO/MC01026 - Specify a characteristics status

/SAPAPO/MC01026 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SAPAPO/MC01 -

• Message number: 026

• Message text: Specify a characteristics status

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SAPAPO/MC01026 - Specify a characteristics status ?

  The SAP error message /SAPAPO/MC01026 indicates that a characteristics status must be specified in the context of Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) in SAP. This error typically arises when you are trying to perform an operation that requires a specific status for a characteristic, but that status has not been defined or is missing.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Characteristics Status: The most common cause of this error is that the characteristics status has not been defined for the relevant planning object or master data.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be an issue with the configuration of the characteristics in the APO system.
  Data Inconsistency: The data being processed may be inconsistent or incomplete, leading to the inability to determine the required characteristics status.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Define Characteristics Status:
  
  Go to the relevant configuration settings in SAP APO.
  Navigate to the area where characteristics are defined (e.g., in the Product Master or InfoObject).
  Ensure that the characteristics status is properly defined and assigned to