In the Quality Management (QM) component, the system can automatically create inspection lots automatically in the background (for example, when a goods receipt is posted for a material that needs to be inspected). If the system creates an inspection lot for a material that has to be inspected on the basis of a task list, the system must be able to find and assign the proper task list to the inspection lot. If the system cannot explicitly select and assign a task list, the inspection lot cannot be released for the inspection. In this case, the inspection lot it will not appear in the work list for results recording.

The system may not be able to assign a task list to an inspection lot because:

• More than one task list is assigned to the material
• The task list has not been released
• The inspection type is not compatible with the task list usage
• The task list specifies a quantity range for the material that is different from the quantity specified in the inspection lot

• The unit of measurement in the task list is not the same as the unit of measurement in the inspection lot
• A task list does not exist for the material

If the appropriate settings have been made in the system, the SAP Business Workflow automatically sends a work item to the integrated inbox of the authorized person(s), informing them that a task list cannot be assigned to an inspection lot. The authorized person(s) can process the work item directly from the inbox.