How To Fix BK071 - Cost center accounting and activity-based costing are not active for &

BK071 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BK - Create, Display, Reverse Controlling Document

• Message number: 071

• Message text: Cost center accounting and activity-based costing are not active for &

What causes this issue?

In the selected controlling area &V2& and fiscal year &V1&, neither the
Cost Center Controlling nor the Activity-Based Costing components are
active. Therefore, you cannot carry out allocations of this type.

System Response

Processing terminates.

How to fix this error?

Enter another controlling area and/or another posting date.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message BK071 - Cost center accounting and activity-based costing are not active for & ?

  The SAP error message BK071 indicates that cost center accounting and activity-based costing are not active for the specified controlling area. This error typically arises when you attempt to perform a transaction that requires cost center accounting or activity-based costing, but the necessary configuration has not been set up in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive Cost Center Accounting: The controlling area for the specified cost center does not have cost center accounting activated.
  Inactive Activity-Based Costing: Activity-based costing is not activated for the controlling area.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings related to the controlling area, cost centers, or activity types.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you need to ensure that cost center accounting and activity-based costing are activated for the relevant controlling area. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check Controlling Area Settings:
  
  Go to the transaction code OKKP (Controlling Area: Maintain).
  Verify that the controlling area is correctly configured and that cost center