How To Fix G4118 - Maintain CI group for carried owner

G4118 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G4 - EC-CS Consolidation

• Message number: 118

• Message text: Maintain CI group for carried owner

What causes this issue?

A CI Group must be entered for a Carried Owner when CI Grouping is
active. CI Grouping is effectively activated if one or more CI Groups
have been defined for the Company Code.

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

System Response

A valid CI Group must be entered

How to fix this error?

Either:
a. Enter a valid CI Group
Or
b. <DS:TRANS.GJCG>Delete</> all the CI Groups for the Company Code.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

G4118 - Details

• The SAP error message G4118, "Maintain CI group for carried owner," typically occurs in the context of financial accounting, particularly when dealing with asset accounting or investment management. This error indicates that there is a missing configuration related to the CI (Cost Object) group for a carried owner in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error usually arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  Missing Configuration: The CI group for the carried owner has not been defined in the system. This can happen if the configuration settings for asset accounting or investment management have not been properly set up.
  Incorrect Master Data: The master data for the asset or investment may not have the necessary information regarding the CI group.
  Data Migration Issues: If data has been migrated from another system, there may be inconsistencies or missing entries in the configuration.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the G4118 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Maintain CI Group:
  
  Go to the transaction code