How To Fix FCO207 - Cannot determine overhead group for material &1

FCO207 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FCO - Messages for Failure Cost Processing FCO

• Message number: 207

• Message text: Cannot determine overhead group for material &1

What causes this issue?

The overhead group cannot be determined due to missing material data.

System Response

If this message is defined as an error message in user-defined error
management (OPR4_FCO), the document is not valuated.
If this message is not defined as an error message, the document is
valuated. If you want to edit the document, remove the cause of the
error:
Reverse the valuation and revaluate the document.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FCO207 - Details

• The SAP error message FCO207, which states "Cannot determine overhead group for material &1," typically occurs in the context of cost accounting or when trying to perform a cost calculation for a material. This error indicates that the system is unable to find the overhead group associated with the specified material.
  Causes:
  
  Missing Overhead Group: The material master record does not have an overhead group assigned.
  Incorrect Configuration: The overhead group may not be properly configured in the system.
  Material Type Issues: The material type may not be set up to allow for overhead group assignment.
  Data Inconsistencies: There may be inconsistencies or missing data in the material master or related configuration tables.
  
  Solutions:
  
  
  Check Material Master:
  
  Go to the material master record (transaction code MM03).
  Check the accounting view and ensure that an overhead group is assigned to the material.
  
  
  
  Assign Overhead Group:
  
  If the overhead group is missing, you can assign it by editing the material master (transaction code