How To Fix CK171 - Material & in plant & has a released cost estimate

CK171 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CK - Product Costing Messages

• Message number: 171

• Message text: Material & in plant & has a released cost estimate

What causes this issue?

You are costing material &v1& in plant &v2&. This material has a
<DS:GLOS.release>released</> standard cost estimate for this period.

System Response

The material is not costed in this period because the current price in
the material master record is linked to a released standard cost
estimate.

How to fix this error?

You must use a different <DS:GLOS.costing_variant>costing variant</> if
you want to cost the material.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

CK171 - Details

• The SAP error message CK171 indicates that a material in a specific plant has a released cost estimate, which prevents certain actions from being performed on that material. This error typically arises in the context of cost management and material valuation in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when you attempt to perform an action that is not allowed on a material that already has a released cost estimate. This can happen in various scenarios, such as:
  
  Trying to change the cost estimate of a material that has already been released.
  Attempting to delete or modify a cost estimate that is currently active.
  Performing a transaction that requires a cost estimate to be in a specific status (e.g., unreleased).
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the CK171 error, you can consider the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Cost Estimate Status:
  
  Use transaction code CK13N (Display Cost Estimate) to check the status of the cost estimate for the material in question. Ensure that you are