Prof.segment for prim.cost elements not advisable for costing-based CO-PA

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

When I create Accounting doc I hit the below error. Please advise if some cofig is missing in CO-PA.

Also let me know the steps to fix this.

Prof.segment for prim.cost elements not advisable for costing-based CO-PA

Message no. KI183

Diagnosis

You posted to a profitability segment for primary cost element 47300000. However, only costing-based profitability analysis is active in your controlling area. For primary cost elements (cost element category 01) postings from SD (billing documents) are not updated in costing-based profitability analysis. In Cost Element Accounting (CO-OM) the posting is updated only on a reconciliation object.

Posting to a profitability segment therefore is of no use.

Procedure

Change the account assignment of the sales document. Enter a different true account assignment (e.g. internal order, cost center, project...) in place of the profitability segment.

Alternative procedure:

In Customizing, you can switch this message off, or change the message category.

If you switch off the message, or change it to an information or warning message, the system deletes the account assignment for the profitability segment. This can have a number of consequences:

If no other account assignment object is specified, the system displays the error message KI235 or KI248.

If another, true account assignment object (such as a cost center or sales order) is specified, this object is updated in Cost Element Accounting.

If the account assignment of the profitability segment without a corresponding posting in CO-PA is acceptable, change the message type of message KI183 to "A".

In this instance, message type "A" does not lead to the normal cancellation message, but is used in this case to recreate the program logic as it existed in previous Releases (up to 4.5B). Under "A", the account assignment of the profitability segment is not deleted and no error message is displayed.

As described above, the posting in Cost Element Accounting is updated on one reconciliation object only.

Procedure for System Administration

To change the message type for message KI183: see the General Controlling section of the Implementation Guide (IMG) under Change Message Control (work area "KI", message number "183").

Rgds,

Pri

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

I suppose answer given by LIOR is appropriate. Change the cost element category as it is sales or sales deduction that happens in SD.

Thanks, Ashok

[Former Member]

Hi,

you cann't assign cost element that has cost element category 1 to PA from SD accounting document ( only categoey 11 or 12). Now, you have 2 choices:

1. To change the cost element category to 11 or 12.

2. To assign the cost to another cost object as cost center or internal order, by transaction OKB9.

regards,

Lior

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Just to let you know what I have done in config.

1.assigned the SD Condition to value fields (ERLOS) in KE4I

2.assigned in VKOA

I have not done any config in OBK9. Please advise the steps.

Thanks,

Pri

[Former Member]

Hi thanks all !

Have resolved by setting in okb9 & oba5.

Regards,

P

[Former Member]

Dear,

As per my view you have assign primary cost element in OKB9 for profitability segment. Generally this kind of cost element is not assign to OKB9.

You have assign revenue cost element in OKB9 which is assign in condition type in KE4I.

It fetch the detail of revenue account for COPA.

Hope above will helpful to you.

GOPAN.

[Former Member]

Probably u r posting from SD and SD transfer structure is not maitained.

Just throw more light on what exactly u r doing and T codes.

Thanks, Ashok