How To Fix WXP401 - No plan characteristics are assigned to planning steps &1 &2

WXP401 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 401

• Message text: No plan characteristics are assigned to planning steps &1 &2

What causes this issue?

You want to maintain the planning hierarchy for planning scenario &V1&
and planning step &V2&.
No plan characteristics have yet been assigned to this planning step so
that no planning levels exist.

System Response

Planning hierarchies cannot be maintained.

How to fix this error?

Maintain the plan characteristics for planning step &V2&.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WXP401 - Details

• Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WXP401 No plan characteristics are assigned to planning steps &1 &2
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message occurs in SAP when you try to execute a planning run or planning step, but the system finds that no plan characteristics have been assigned to the specified planning steps in the planning sequence.
  
  Planning steps are part of the planning sequence in SAP's planning functions (e.g., in SAP APO or SAP BW planning).
  Plan characteristics define the key figures or data fields that are planned or processed during these steps.
  If no plan characteristics are assigned to the planning steps, the system cannot perform any planning calculations or data processing for those steps.
  
  
  When does it occur?
  
  During execution of planning sequences or planning functions.
  When the planning step configuration is incomplete or missing.
  When the plan characteristics have not been maintained or assigned to the planning steps.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Planning Step Configuration:
  
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