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Unable to use Item Attribute based Inspection Characteristic – "Target Value Character isn't valid"

edited Jun 7, 2026 9:38PM in Product Management 1 comment

Summary:

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I'm unable to save an Inspection Plan when using an Item Attribute–based Inspection Characteristic generated from a Product Information Management Item Extended Attributes. The Inspection Characteristic is created successfully, but the Inspection Plan save fails with the error:

"The value of the attribute Target Value Character isn't valid."

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I created an Inspection Characteristic based on an Item Attribute defined in Product Information Management (PIM). The source attribute is an Item Extended Attribute (EFF) with a data type of Character.

The Inspection Characteristic is generated successfully and is available for selection in Quality Management. However, when I add this characteristic to a

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