Cost Center Master Record BA from Required to optional

[Former Member]

Dear SAP Team,

I have two controlling areas, each CO area assign two company codes,

Like:

CO Area: XYZ Assign Company Code: ABC & XYZ

CO Area : 123 Assign Company codes: PQR & KLM

When i create Cost center by using CO area:XYZ BA is optional.

When i create Cost center by using CO area:123 BA is Required.

I want BA field is optional in both cases,

I have checked in OBY6 BA wise finance statement. it is d selected in both case.

Please provide solution.

Regards,

TML.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Swanthi,

It is a very strange case, I have never seen this before. The setting in OBY6 is basically the one that drives that Business Area field as mandatory value in the cost center master record. If you say that 'Business Area Fin Statement' is not selected in any of the 4 company codes ABC, YXZ, PQR and KLM, and still while creating cost centers for company codes PQR and KLM is a required field, it is not normal.

I would suggest 2 things:

1.- Double check the configuration in transaction OBY6 and also transaction OB65, that the company codes are definitively not set for BA Fin. Stat.

2.- If everything looks as you said, assess the possibility to check the field, save it and leave the transaction. Then come back uncheck the field, save it and leave the transaction. Should you need transport request to make the changes, I recommend that create two separate ones.

Hope this helps.

GG