How To Fix FCO_COPA119 - Settings for profitability segment characteristics will be deleted

FCO_COPA119 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FCO_COPA - SFIN message class for CO-PA relevant issues

• Message number: 119

• Message text: Settings for profitability segment characteristics will be deleted

What causes this issue?

You are switching on account-based CO-PA. If you save, the settings for
profitability segment characteristics will be deleted. These settings
are only appropriate for costing-based CO-PA and cannot be used in
account-based CO-PA.
If you have defined any restrictions for characteristics that exclude
these characteristics for use by a particular profitability segment,
this restriction is removed when you save. As a result, each
profitability segment will contain all available characteristics, which
is the default in SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA.

System Response

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?

If summarization is nevertheless unavoidable due to the expected data
volume, the new summarization in SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA in
transaction KEQ7 (SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Controlling ->
Profitability Analysis -> Flows of Actual Values -> Initial Steps ->
Summarization -> Summarization of Account-Based Line Items and
Profitability Segments) can be utilized. Note that this summarization no
longer depends on the type of CO-PA activated.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FCO_COPA119 - Details

• The SAP error message FCO_COPA119 indicates that there is an issue with the settings for profitability segment characteristics in the Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) module. This error typically arises when there are inconsistencies or missing configurations related to the profitability segment characteristics.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inconsistent Settings: The profitability segment characteristics may not be properly defined or may have been changed in a way that conflicts with existing settings.
  Missing Characteristics: Certain characteristics that are required for profitability analysis may not be defined in the system.
  Data Model Changes: Changes in the data model or configuration settings that affect how profitability segments are defined can lead to this error.
  Transport Issues: If changes were transported from one system to another (e.g., from development to production), there may be inconsistencies in the settings.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Configuration: Go to the configuration settings for CO-PA and verify that all necessary profitability segment characteristics are defined correctly. You can do this through the