How To Fix W4121 - &: & Material is used in quality information records

W4121 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: W4 - Messages for material discontinuation

• Message number: 121

• Message text: &: & Material is used in quality information records

What causes this issue?

Quality info records are still available for this material.

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?

You must set the deletion flag in the quality info records for the
material prior to archiving.
<DS:TRAN.QI02>Change Quality Info Record</>
<DS:TRAN.QI06>QM Releases Mass Maintenance</>

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message W4121 - &: & Material is used in quality information records ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  W4121 & : & Material is used in quality information records
  
  Meaning / 
  Cause:
  This warning message indicates that the material you are trying to change or delete is currently referenced in one or more Quality Information Records (QIRs). Quality Information Records are used in SAP Quality Management (QM) to store information about the quality characteristics of a material from a specific vendor or supplier.
  Because the material is linked to these quality records, certain changes or deletions are restricted to maintain data consistency and integrity in the QM module.
  
  When does this occur?
  
  When you attempt to delete or change a material master record that is assigned to quality information records.
  When you try to perform certain transactions that affect the material but the system detects existing QIR dependencies.
  
  
  Solution / How to resolve:
  
  
  Check Quality Information Records:
  
  Use transaction QM02 (Change Quality Info Record) or QM03