How To Fix CKWB003 - Cost estimate for material & in plant & cannot be activated.

CKWB003 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CKWB - Production lot costing messages

• Message number: 003

• Message text: Cost estimate for material & in plant & cannot be activated.

What causes this issue?

During the costing run, the system set the status &v3& for material
&v1& in plant &v2&.
You are attempting to activate the cost estimate. You can only do this
if the cost estimate has the status <ZH>KA</> (costed without errors).

System Response

The cost estimate cannot be activated.

How to fix this error?

Execute costing again.
<DS:TRAN.CKW1>Execute costing</>

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CKWB003 - Cost estimate for material & in plant & cannot be activated. ?

  The SAP error message CKWB003 indicates that a cost estimate for a specific material in a particular plant cannot be activated. This error typically arises during the process of cost estimation in the Controlling (CO) module of SAP, particularly when dealing with product costing.
  Causes of CKWB003
  
  
  Incomplete Data: The cost estimate may be missing required data, such as valid master data for materials, BOMs (Bill of Materials), routing, or other relevant components.
  
  
  Locked Cost Estimate: The cost estimate might be locked due to a previous error or because it is currently being processed by another user.
  
  
  Invalid Status: The cost estimate may be in a status that does not allow activation, such as being marked as "not released" or "not valid."
  
  
  Currency Issues: There may be issues related to currency conversion or exchange rates that prevent the cost estimate from being activated.
  
  
  Missing Authorizations: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to activate the