SAP Message QS863 - Characteristics will be deleted from the material specification

Diagnosis
The material specification contains an inconsistency for the followingreason:
A batch class was assigned to the material. You assigned masterinspection characteristics to the class characteristics in the materialspecification. Afterwards, you either deleted the batch class in thethe material or you assigned another batch class with different classcharacteristics.
In the material specification file there can therefore be data recordsthat still refer to class characteristics that do not exist in the newbatch class.

Procedure
Confirm the message, or first check the batch class that is assigned tothe material.
Hints
If you confirm the message, the system deletes certain data recordsfrom the material specification and the inconsistency is automaticallyremoved.