How To Fix WRF_APC558 - No characteristic profile found

WRF_APC558 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WRF_APC - Messages for Operational Assortment Planning and Control

• Message number: 558

• Message text: No characteristic profile found

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  Error Message
  WRF_APC558 No characteristic profile found
  
  Cause
  This error occurs in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), specifically in the context of characteristic profiles used in the Product Costing (CO-PC) or Variant Configuration (VC) integration with APO.
  
  The system is trying to find a characteristic profile for a particular characteristic or object but cannot find any assigned profile.
  Characteristic profiles are used to group characteristics for planning, costing, or variant configuration purposes.
  The error typically arises when:
  The characteristic profile is missing or not maintained.
  The assignment between the characteristic and the profile is missing.
  The profile is not assigned to the relevant object (e.g., product, material, or variant).
  The integration between SAP ERP and APO is incomplete or inconsistent.
  
  
  
  
  When does it occur?
  
  During planning or costing runs in APO.
  When variant configuration characteristics are being evaluated.
  When the system tries to read characteristic profiles for a product