The response profile in SAP Quality Management is a configuration object used to automate follow-up actions for a quality notification. When the 'Determine Tasks' function is executed, the system uses the response profile assigned to the notification type. Within this profile, you can map defect code groups to specific tasks. This mapping can be done by assigning either an entire task code group (a collection of related tasks) or a single, specific task code. This allows the system to automatically propose or create the appropriate corrective tasks based on the type of defect recorded.

B. Cause code: The response profile links defect codes to tasks, not cause codes. Task determination is a direct response to a reported problem (defect), not its root cause.

D. Notification type: The response profile is assigned to a notification type in the configuration. The notification type is the higher-level object and is not defined within the response profile itself.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal - Quality Management (QM): Response Profile.

Section: Quality Notifications -> Notification Processing -> Response Control -> Response Profile.

Content: The documentation states

"In the response profile

you can specify for a code group of defects... which tasks are to be performed... You can enter a task code or a task code group." This directly confirms that both task codes and task code groups are defined in the profile.

2. SAP S/4HANA Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG):

Path: SPRO -> Quality Management -> Quality Notifications -> Notification Processing -> Response Control -> Define Response Profiles.

Content: The configuration screen (transaction OQN7) for defining a response profile has dedicated fields for "Task Code Grp" (Task Code Group) and "Task Code". This provides direct evidence from the system's implementation that these two elements are defined within the profile to determine tasks.