How To Fix UPE1060 - A selection condition must be specified for characteristic &1

UPE1060 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UPE1 - Messages: Link to External Applications

• Message number: 060

• Message text: A selection condition must be specified for characteristic &1

What causes this issue?

A selection must be entered for the time characteristic. Initial or
unrestricted time characeristics are not allowed for dynamic
simulations.

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?

Restrict the selection of the time characteristic in the planning
level.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

UPE1060 - Details

• The SAP error message UPE1060 indicates that a selection condition must be specified for a characteristic in a query or report. This error typically occurs in the context of SAP BW (Business Warehouse) or SAP BI (Business Intelligence) when you are trying to execute a query that requires specific filters or conditions to be set for certain characteristics.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A characteristic in your query does not have a selection condition defined.
  The query is trying to retrieve data based on a characteristic that requires a filter, but none has been provided.
  The characteristic is mandatory for the query execution, and without a selection condition, the system cannot process the request.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the UPE1060 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Query Definition:
  
  Open the query in the Query Designer.
  Identify the characteristic that is causing the error (indicated by &1 in the error message).
  Ensure that a selection condition is defined for this characteristic.
  
  
  
  Define