How To Fix GX205 - The controlling areas you have entered are not known in Customizing

GX205 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GX - Archiving/Reorganization

• Message number: 205

• Message text: The controlling areas you have entered are not known in Customizing

What causes this issue?

You have chosen controlling areas that do not exist according to your
Customizing settings.

How to fix this error?

Check you selections and/or the corresponding Customizing settings.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GX205 - Details

• The SAP error message GX205 indicates that the controlling area you have entered is not recognized in the system's Customizing settings. This typically occurs when you are trying to perform a transaction that requires a valid controlling area, but the specified controlling area has not been properly configured or does not exist in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Controlling Area: The controlling area you entered may be misspelled or does not exist in the system.
  Missing Configuration: The controlling area has not been defined in the Customizing settings of the SAP system.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access the controlling area.
  Client-Specific Settings: The controlling area may exist in another client but not in the current client you are working in.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check the Controlling Area:
  
  Verify that the controlling area you are trying to use is correctly spelled and exists in the system.
  You can check this by navigating to the Customizing settings