How To Fix KE479 - Costing-based Profitability Analysis is not active!

KE479 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KE -

• Message number: 479

• Message text: Costing-based Profitability Analysis is not active!

What causes this issue?

The system tried to make a posting to costing-based Profitability
Analysis (CO-PA). However, this form of CO-PA is not active in
controlling area &v1& in fiscal year &v2&.

System Response

No data was updated to costing-based CO-PA.

How to fix this error?

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KE479 - Costing-based Profitability Analysis is not active! ?

  The SAP error message KE479 indicates that Costing-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) is not active in your SAP system. This can occur for various reasons, and it typically means that the system is unable to perform certain profitability analysis functions because the necessary configuration is not in place.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive CO-PA Configuration: The most common cause is that the costing-based CO-PA has not been activated in the system.
  Missing Settings: The necessary settings for costing-based CO-PA may not have been completed in the configuration.
  Incorrect Company Code Settings: The company code you are working with may not be set up to use costing-based CO-PA.
  System Version: In some cases, the version of SAP you are using may not support costing-based CO-PA.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KE479 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Activate Costing-based CO-PA:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object) > SAP Reference IMG.
  Follow the path: Controlling > Profitability Analysis > Activate