How To Fix GA799 - No accounting-based Profitability Analysis active in controlling area &.

GA799 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GA - Allocations

• Message number: 799

• Message text: No accounting-based Profitability Analysis active in controlling area &.

What causes this issue?

For the function "Set profitability segment", you chose account-based
Profitability Analysis. However, this is not active for controlling
area &V1& in fiscal year &V2&.

System Response

The function was not executed.

How to fix this error?

Check your settings.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message GA799 - No accounting-based Profitability Analysis active in controlling area &. ?

  The SAP error message GA799 indicates that there is no accounting-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) active in the specified controlling area. This error typically arises when you attempt to perform operations related to Profitability Analysis without having it properly configured in your SAP system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive CO-PA Configuration: The controlling area you are working with does not have accounting-based Profitability Analysis activated.
  Incorrect Settings: The settings for the controlling area may not be correctly configured to allow for accounting-based Profitability Analysis.
  Missing Authorization: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access or activate CO-PA.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the GA799 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Activate Accounting-Based CO-PA:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object) ? Enterprise Structure ? Definition ? Controlling ? Activate Profitability Analysis.
  Select the controlling area in question and ensure that accounting-based Profitability Analysis is activated.
  
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Ensure that the controlling area is correctly set up for CO-PA. This includes checking