3535609 - Can not delete master data of a characteristic which contains compouding and navigation attributes, one navigation attribute is the reference infoobject of the characteristic

A characteristic contains compounding attributes, and navigation attributes. One navigation attributes refers to the characteristic itself. There is a master data entry that key attribute value is initial(not contain the compounding attributes).

And when try to delete the characteristic master data, e.g using the report RSDMDD_DELETE_BATCH, the master data could not be deleted with the message:

No master data deleted
Message no. RSDMD129

In the corresponding slg1 log, can see the corresponding characteristic master data is being used by this characteristic itself.

For example, the characteristic ZC0016900 has compounding attribute 0COMP_CODE and navigation attribute ZC0016901, where infoobject ZC0016901 is a reference infoobject of ZC0016900, there is one master data entry below where Company Code = 60, and ZC0016900 is initial:

When try to delete the above entry, got the following log from slg1:

In the temporary table, can see the where used list is the above data itself:

"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental."

• SAP NetWeaver 7.0x
• SAP NetWeaver 7.3x
• SAP NetWeaver 7.4
• SAP NetWeaver 7.5x
• SAP BW/4HANA All Versions

where used list, empty, master data maintenance , KBA , BW4-DM-MD , Masterdata , BW-WHM-DBA-MD , Master Data , Problem