topic Cost Elements / IDocs in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/cost-elements-idocs/m-p/7762049#M1583722 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I am creating cost elements in ECC via inbound IDoc type COELEM01. I am not sure how to differentiate between primary and secondary cost elements. Any clues? When I try to post a journal entry I get the following error:</P><P></P><P>"Do not use cost element xxxxxxxxx for CO Through-postings from FI"</P><P></P><P>Based on that error message it seems as though the Primary Cost Element is getting mistaken for a Secondary Cost Element. Does anyone know if there is any particular flag or setting on the IDoc that would differentiate between primary and seconday?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:05:53 GMT Former Member 2011-03-30T15:05:53Z Cost Elements / IDocs https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/cost-elements-idocs/m-p/7762049#M1583722 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I am creating cost elements in ECC via inbound IDoc type COELEM01. I am not sure how to differentiate between primary and secondary cost elements. Any clues? When I try to post a journal entry I get the following error:</P><P></P><P>"Do not use cost element xxxxxxxxx for CO Through-postings from FI"</P><P></P><P>Based on that error message it seems as though the Primary Cost Element is getting mistaken for a Secondary Cost Element. Does anyone know if there is any particular flag or setting on the IDoc that would differentiate between primary and seconday?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:05:53 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/cost-elements-idocs/m-p/7762049#M1583722 Former Member 2011-03-30T15:05:53Z Re: Cost Elements / IDocs https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/cost-elements-idocs/m-p/7762050#M1583723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is not really an ABAP question. You might want to ask in FI or EDI forum instead. </P><P></P><P>If you know what field the secondary/primary indicator is stored in, you can search for the same field in the IDoc documentation. Usually the field names are the same in the IDoc and database.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:49:37 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/cost-elements-idocs/m-p/7762050#M1583723 Jelena_Perfiljeva 2011-03-30T16:49:37Z