How To Fix CK2008 - Max. 1 costing type for standard cost est. allowed for &1 for ledger &2

CK2008 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CK2 - Product Costing Messages Part 2

• Message number: 008

• Message text: Max. 1 costing type for standard cost est. allowed for &1 for ledger &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CK2008 - Max. 1 costing type for standard cost est. allowed for &1 for ledger &2 ?

  The SAP error message CK2008 indicates that there is an issue with the costing type configuration for a standard cost estimate in a specific ledger. This error typically arises when you attempt to create or update a standard cost estimate for a material, but the system finds that more than one costing type is assigned to the same ledger, which is not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Multiple Costing Types: The primary cause of this error is that the configuration allows for multiple costing types to be assigned to the same ledger, which violates the system's requirement that only one costing type can be used for a standard cost estimate in a given ledger.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a misconfiguration in the controlling area or the ledger settings that allows for multiple costing types.
  Costing Variant Settings: The costing variant may not be set up correctly, leading to conflicts in the costing type assignment.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Costing Type