How To Fix KM045 - Costing-based Profit Center Accounting is not active in year &, COAr &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KM - Error messages for Profit Center Accounting

• Message number: 045

• Message text: Costing-based Profit Center Accounting is not active in year &, COAr &

What causes this issue?

Costing-based Profit Center Accounting is not active in controlling
area &V1&, fiscal year &V2&.

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?

If required, <DS:TRAN.0KE5>Activate</> costing-based Profit Center
Accounting for the fiscal year.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KM045 - Costing-based Profit Center Accounting is not active in year &, COAr & ?

  The SAP error message KM045 indicates that Costing-based Profit Center Accounting (PCA) is not active for the specified year and controlling area. This error typically arises when you attempt to perform operations related to Profit Center Accounting, such as posting transactions or generating reports, but the necessary configuration for the specified controlling area and fiscal year is not set up.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive Profit Center Accounting: The Costing-based Profit Center Accounting is not activated for the specified controlling area and fiscal year.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a misconfiguration in the settings related to Profit Center Accounting in the controlling area.
  Fiscal Year Variant: The fiscal year variant assigned to the controlling area may not be properly configured to allow for Costing-based PCA.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KM045 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Activate Costing-based PCA:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object) > Enterprise Structure > Definition > Controlling > Activate