How To Fix IW035 - Order and sales order controlling areas are different

IW035 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: IW - Order Processing

• Message number: 035

• Message text: Order and sales order controlling areas are different

What causes this issue?

You tried to allocate the service order to a sales order for settlement
purposes. However, the sales order belongs to a different controlling
area.

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?

Enter a different sales order.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message IW035 - Order and sales order controlling areas are different ?

  The SAP error message IW035 indicates that there is a mismatch between the controlling areas of an order and its associated sales order. This typically occurs when you are trying to perform an operation (like confirming a production order or posting a goods movement) that involves both an order and a sales order, but they are assigned to different controlling areas.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Controlling Areas: The most common cause of this error is that the production order and the sales order are assigned to different controlling areas. Each controlling area in SAP is a separate entity for cost accounting purposes, and they must match for certain operations.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the system where the controlling areas are not set up correctly for the relevant orders.
  Data Entry Errors: Incorrect data entry when creating the orders can lead to this mismatch.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Controlling Areas:
  
  Go to the production order (transaction code IW32)