How To Fix WXCM008 - The attributes have to be selected without any gaps

WXCM008 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXCM - Messages for Package CM_MAP

• Message number: 008

• Message text: The attributes have to be selected without any gaps

What causes this issue?

Along with the hierarchy structure, the selected attributes form the
number of planning levels to be filled in the planning hierarchy.
This number of planning levels cannot be all planning levels of the
selected planning step. However, above every planning level that is to
be filled there must be either a planning level that is to be filled or
is already filled (that is, that lies completely above the master data
hierarchy). Looking from top, there can be no "holes" in the planning
levels that are to be filled.

System Response

The system could not create the planning hierarchy.

How to fix this error?

Select the attribute so that there are no holes in the sequence of the
planning levels that are to be filled.
<ZH>Note:</>
In the planning hierarchy, attributes can lie anywhere between or below
the levels of the master data hierarchy.
Attributes cannot lie above the master data hierarchy in the planning
data hierarchy. Every level above the uppermost planning level of the
master data hierarchy is used as a selection level. It is assumed that
the planning hierarchy has already been maintained to this level.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WXCM008 - The attributes have to be selected without any gaps ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WXCM008: "The attributes have to be selected without any gaps":
  
  Error Message
  WXCM008: The attributes have to be selected without any gaps
  
  Cause
  This error typically occurs in SAP when working with characteristic values or class attributes in classification or variant configuration scenarios. The message indicates that when selecting or assigning multiple attributes (characteristics), the selection must be continuous and without skipping any attribute in the sequence.
  In other words, if you are selecting a range or a set of attributes, you cannot leave gaps between selected attributes. For example, if you select attribute 1 and attribute 3, but not attribute 2, the system will raise this error because attribute 2 is missing in the sequence.
  This often happens in:
  
  Variant Configuration (LOVC or selection screens)
  Classification (CL20N, CL24N)
  When defining or maintaining characteristic values or class attributes
  When using selection tables or multi-selection screens where attributes must be selected