How To Fix WRF_APC823 - Enter different charact. position values (assortment type, hier. node)

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 823

• Message text: Enter different charact. position values (assortment type, hier. node)

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WRF_APC823 - Enter different charact. position values (assortment type, hier. node) ?

  SAP Error Message:
  
  WRF_APC823 – Enter different charact. position values (assortment type, hier. node)
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), specifically in the context of characteristic value assignments for assortment types or hierarchy nodes. The system requires that the characteristic position values (characteristic value assignments) for assortment types or hierarchy nodes must be unique and not identical.
  In other words, when you assign characteristic values to assortment types or hierarchy nodes, the system expects these values to differ in their characteristic position values. If you enter the same characteristic position values for different assortment types or hierarchy nodes, the system throws this error.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  During the creation or maintenance of assortment types or hierarchy nodes in APO.
  When assigning characteristic values to these objects.
  When the characteristic position values are duplicated for different nodes or types.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check the characteristic position values assigned to the assortment types or hierarchy nodes.
  Ensure uniqueness: Make sure that the characteristic position values differ for each assortment type or hierarchy node.
  Correct the entries: Change the characteristic position values so that no two assortment types or hierarchy nodes have the same characteristic position values.
  Save the changes after correcting the values.
  
  
  Additional Information:
  
  This validation is important because characteristic position values are used to uniquely identify and differentiate assortment types or hierarchy nodes in planning and reporting.
  Duplicate characteristic position values can cause inconsistencies in planning results or data retrieval.
  The error is a preventive measure to maintain data integrity in APO master data.
  
  
  Summary:
  
  
  
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  Error Message
  WRF_APC823 – Enter different charact. position values (assortment type, hier. node)
  
  
  Cause
  Duplicate characteristic position values assigned to assortment types or hierarchy nodes
  
  
  Solution
  Assign unique characteristic position values to each assortment type or hierarchy node
  
  
  Module
  SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization)
  
  
  
  
  If you need further help, please provide the transaction or process step where the error occurs, and the characteristic values involved.