How To Fix KM140 - No dummy profit center has been defined for controlling area &

KM140 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 140

• Message text: No dummy profit center has been defined for controlling area &

What causes this issue?

No dummy profit center has been entered for the 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?

Create a dummy profit center for the controlling area
(<DS:TRAN.KE59>Create dummy profit center</>).

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KM140 - Details

• The SAP error message KM140, which states "No dummy profit center has been defined for controlling area &," typically occurs in the context of Profit Center Accounting (PCA) when a transaction is being processed that requires a dummy profit center to be defined for a specific controlling area.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A transaction is being executed that requires a profit center, but no dummy profit center has been set up for the specified controlling area.
  The system is unable to find a valid profit center to assign to the transaction, which is necessary for proper accounting and reporting.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to define a dummy profit center for the controlling area in question. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the SAP GUI: Log in to your SAP system.
  
  
  Navigate to the Profit Center Master Data:
  
  Use transaction code KE52 (Change Profit Center) or KE51 (Create Profit Center) depending on whether you