How To Fix CO294 - Order type &: Maintain availability control for order creation

CO294 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CO - PPC order processing messages

• Message number: 294

• Message text: Order type &: Maintain availability control for order creation

What causes this issue?

Cutomizing does not contain parameters for controlling availability
checks during the creation of an order of the order type &V1&.

How to fix this error?

Maintain the parameters for the corresponding order type, plant and the
business transaction 'Create order' (Key = '1').

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CO294 - Order type &: Maintain availability control for order creation ?

  The SAP error message CO294 ("Order type &: Maintain availability control for order creation") typically occurs when you attempt to create a production order or a similar order type in SAP, but the system has not been configured to allow availability control for that specific order type. This is often related to the settings in the controlling (CO) module, particularly in relation to availability control settings for internal orders or production orders.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The order type you are trying to create does not have availability control settings defined in the system.
  Order Type Settings: The order type may not be set up to allow for availability control in the configuration settings.
  User Authorization: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to create orders with availability control.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the CO294 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Order Type Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (SPRO).
  Navigate to Controlling -> Internal Orders ->