How To Fix AO345 - Request. cost center a required field - profit ctr/bus. area insufficient

AO345 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AO - Appropriation requests - Master data / Customizing

• Message number: 345

• Message text: Request. cost center a required field - profit ctr/bus. area insufficient

What causes this issue?

The cost center is specified as a required field in the field selection
for the appropriation request.
You have maintained only profit center &V1& and business area &V2&.

System Response

When the cost center is a required field, you are not allowed to
maintain just the profit center and/or business area, since the
specifications for profit center / business area are not allowed to be
different from the specifications in the cost center.

How to fix this error?

Entering profit center &V1& and/or business area &V2& is not
sufficient, since it is not possible to derive a cost center from these
entries.
Enter cost centers only.
The profit center and business area are adopted automatically from the
cost center.
If you specified the profit center or business area as required fields,
you can only choose cost centers in which the profit center or business
area are maintained.
Or change the specifications for the requesting cost center so it is
not a required field.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AO345 - Request. cost center a required field - profit ctr/bus. area insufficient ?

  The SAP error message AO345 indicates that a required field, specifically the cost center, is missing in the context of a request. This error typically arises in the Asset Accounting (FI-AA) module when trying to post an asset transaction that requires a cost center, but the system cannot find the necessary information.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Cost Center: The most common cause is that the cost center field is not filled in the asset transaction.
  Incorrect Configuration: The configuration for the asset or the related master data may not be set up correctly, leading to the system not recognizing the cost center.
  Profit Center/Business Area Issues: The profit center or business area may not be properly assigned or may not have the necessary settings to allow for the transaction.
  Data Entry Error: There may be a simple data entry error where the cost center was not entered or was entered incorrectly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check the Transaction Data: Ensure that the