How To Fix W4124 - &: & Quality notifications exist

W4124 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: W4 - Messages for material discontinuation

• Message number: 124

• Message text: &: & Quality notifications exist

What causes this issue?

Quality notifications are still available for the 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?

Archive the notifications (object: QM_QMEL) before you archive the
material.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

W4124 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  W4124 & : & Quality notifications exist
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message appears when you attempt to perform an action (such as changing or deleting a material, batch, or related master data) that is linked to existing quality notifications in the system. The system detects that there are quality notifications associated with the object you are trying to modify or delete, and it warns you to prevent potential inconsistencies or loss of important quality-related information.
  
  Explanation:
  
  Quality Notifications in SAP are used to record and manage quality issues, complaints, or defects related to materials, batches, or processes.
  If quality notifications exist for a particular material or batch, it means there are ongoing or historical quality issues recorded.
  Changing or deleting the material or batch without considering these notifications could lead to data inconsistencies or loss of traceability.
  
  
  Typical Scenarios Triggering W4124:
  
  Attempting to delete a material or batch that has quality notifications linked.
  Changing master data fields that