How To Fix WXP080 - Planning scenario does not contain planning characteristic &1

WXP080 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 080

• Message text: Planning scenario does not contain planning characteristic &1

What causes this issue?

You have entered planning characteristic &V1& as a planning level with
a special meaning (for example, "material" or "classification system
characteristic"). Your planning scenario does not, however, contain
this planning characteristic.
One possible reason for this is that planning levels were changed after
the special planning characteristics were created.

System Response

Due to this inconsistency, the system cannot activate your planning
scenario.

How to fix this error?

On the screen "Special Planning Levels", change or delete the
assignment of planning characteristics and make the planning
characteristics correspond to the current structure of the planning
scenario.

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 WXP080 - Planning scenario does not contain planning characteristic &1 ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WXP080 Planning scenario does not contain planning characteristic &1
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message occurs in SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization), specifically in the context of Demand Planning or Supply Network Planning when working with planning scenarios.
  
  The message indicates that the planning scenario you are using does not include the specified planning characteristic (represented by &1 in the message).
  Planning characteristics are key attributes (like Product, Location, Customer, etc.) that define the granularity of the planning data.
  If a planning characteristic is missing from the scenario, the system cannot process or display data related to that characteristic.
  This often happens if:
  The planning scenario was created or maintained without including all necessary characteristics.
  You are trying to use a characteristic in planning views or data entry that is not part of the scenario.
  There is a mismatch between the planning scenario and the planning book or data