Error ki280 when posting a billing document

[Former Member]

I am running into a ki280 error message when posting a billing document. This happens to be for a situation that includes a customer down payment, the error message is not encoutered when posting a billing document without the down payment interestingly enough.

The error message is below. Account 410000 is a revenue account, so is it looking for a type 11 cost element to be created?

Any information appreciated.

Create account 410000 for 02/11/2009 as a cost element in controlling area

HEES

Message no. KI280

Diagnosis

Account 410000 is a profit and loss account. You assigned it to an

object in cost accounting (for example, a cost center, order, or

project).

System Response

Account 410000 in the determined controlling area HEES must exist as a

cost element on the posting date 02/11/2009.

Procedure

o Create account 410000 as a cost element and then repeat your

posting.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Use T.Code FS00. Choose the account to be created as cost element and click for display. Now click the edit cost element tab. Screen will open for the GL account to be created as a cost element. Enter from and to dates like 01.01.2008 to 31.03.9999 and click master data. Choose category 11 after giving the text of the cost element and save. If you want that this revenue to be posted to a cost center you can enter in the default account assignment tab. Try to post the invoice again. If you have further problem revert back.

Regards,

Sadashivan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Sadashivan ,

Thanks for the response! Actually, I don't want a cost center posting and am wondering why it is requiring a CO posting on this transaction. I am not using CO-PA, so it isn't clear what the cost assignment will be.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

You have defined a Controlling area and posting to a P&L Account. For every FI Posting to flow into CO, system would require, all P&L Account to be created as primary cost elements and hence the error.

Thanks & regards

Sanil K Bhandari