How To Fix VSCE393 - Warning for reference characteristic &1 due to cause &2 (see long text)

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VSCE - Messages for SCE

• Message number: 393

• Message text: Warning for reference characteristic &1 due to cause &2 (see long text)

What causes this issue?

The system found an incorrect or incorrectly used reference
characteristic in the knowledge base.
Cause:
1: Characteristic for variant conditions is not multi-value.
2: There is already another characteristic that refers to the same table
field.
3: The modeler did not use the characteristic in classes or in
dependencies, but the characteristic is required for processing in SCE
(for example, condition characteristic for derivation of 1:1 variant
conditions).

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

System Response

For:
1: The characteristic is treated as a multi-value characteristic in the
SCE knowledge base.
2: Generation of the knowledge base is canceled.
3: The characteristic is automatically copied by the knowledge base
generation.

How to fix this error?

For:
1: Define the characteristic for the variant condition as a multi- value
characteristic.
2: Ensure that there is a maximum of one object characteristic for each
reference field (table field) in the knowledge base.

Procedure for System Administrators

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