SAP Message QE081 - Unplanned characteristic must be a long-term characteristic

Diagnosis
You are attempting to define an additional inspection characteristic inthe results recording function after the short-term inspection for theinspection lot has been completed. The inspection characteristic to becreated is not a long-term characteristic.

System Response
You can only process long-term characteristics after the short-terminspection has been completed. For this reason, the control indicatorsof the unplanned characteristic are set to long-term inspectionautomatically contrary to the master inspection characteristic setting.