How To Fix GK512 - Maintain a default subitem

GK512 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GK - Messages for SAP Consolidation

• Message number: 512

• Message text: Maintain a default subitem

What causes this issue?

You did not maintain a default subitem for the current subitem
category.

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?

Maintain the default subitem in the Customizing of consolidation.
You have the possibility to generate subitems manually with the
function <ZH>Subitems </> or generate subitems automatically with the
function <ZH>Copy subitems</>. The generation of these subitems happens
independently of your entries in the field <ZH>Sender field for
subitems</>.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GK512 - Details

• The SAP error message GK512, which states "Maintain a default subitem," typically occurs in the context of managing materials or inventory in SAP, particularly when dealing with subitems in a material master or when creating a document that requires a default subitem to be specified.
  
  Cause:
  The error usually arises when:
  
  A material or item is being processed that requires a default subitem, but none has been defined in the system.
  The configuration settings for the material or item do not include a default subitem, which is necessary for the transaction being performed.
  The relevant master data (like material master or BOM) is incomplete or incorrectly configured.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the GK512 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Material Master Data:
  
  Go to the material master record (transaction code MM03) and check if a default subitem is maintained for the relevant material.
  If not, you can maintain it using transaction code MM02 (Change Material) and navigate to the