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How to delete functional area of cost element?

Former Member
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Hi Gurus,

our users deleted the functional area from general ledger account master data as it has been entered by mistake....  but the cost element has not been changed by the system....and it is not possible to manually delete it from cost element....

When I read SAP note 1724069 I understand that it is an error when the cost element is not adjusted by the system when you delete the functional area from the GL account. This note is not relevant for us as we're are on EHP 7.

Can somebody tell me what would be the correct system behaviour and how I can manage the deletion of the functional area from the cost element. I already tried to delete the cost element valid from today but it is not possible as we have planning data records in COSP for the whole year.

Thanks in advance!

Sandra

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coleti
Active Contributor
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Dear Sandra,

Please check if functional area is set as Tame-Based Field and the type of dependency at OKEK:

If your functional area is set for a time dependency you will have to respect this when changing your cost element master data.

- In Day dependency you can set a new period starting from the next day.

- In Period dependency you can set a new period starting from the next period.

- In Fiscal Year dependency you can set a new period starting from the next year.

I hope this help you.

Best regards,

Gabriel Coleti

Former Member
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Dear Gabriel,

thanks for your help!

It is set to "No" as in your screen shot.... so, I should change it to "Day" in order to create a new validity period?

Thanks and regards!

Sandra

ajaycwa1981
Active Contributor
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Hi Sandra

When this is set to NO, this means the field is not a Time Dependant Field. So you dont have to wait for next year to make this change

The reason is something else. Most probably, the transaction data exists

The note you mentioned says,

  • If there is dependent CO data, you must deactivate error message FH 610 (see SAP Note 594874).

Did you try this?

Ajay M

Former Member
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Hi Ajay,

yes FH 610 is deactivated, but only in online mode.... is this ok or do I have to deactivate it also for batch mode as the cost element should be changed while changing the account?

Here is an extract of our setting n OBA5:

Thanks and regards!

Sandra

ajaycwa1981
Active Contributor
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You can deactivate it for all modes and try

If that does not help, please raise a OSS message

Former Member
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Thanks this was the correct solution. I changed also batch mode to Warning, then it the functional area was deleted also out of cost element.

Thanks a lot!

Sandra

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