How To Fix KOSA137 - Planned costing variant was not changed in product cost collector &1

KOSA137 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KOSA - Product Cost Collector

• Message number: 137

• Message text: Planned costing variant was not changed in product cost collector &1

What causes this issue?

The <LS><DS:GLOS.3526B726AFAB52B9E10000009B38F974>costing variant</>
</> <LS>planned</> was not carried over into <(>&<)>V1<(>&<)> (plant
<(>&<)>V2<(>&<)>, material <(>&<)>V3<(>&<)>, short text <(>&<)>V4
<(>&<)>) because postings have already been made to the product cost
collector.

System Response

The system does not make any changes.
&What_to_do&
You can only change the <LS>costing variant planned</> if no postings
have been made to the product cost collector.

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.

KOSA137 - Details

• The SAP error message KOSA137 indicates that the planned costing variant for a product cost collector has not been changed. This typically occurs in the context of product costing in SAP, particularly when working with cost collectors in the Controlling (CO) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error can arise due to several reasons:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The planned costing variant may not be properly configured in the system.
  Missing Authorizations: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to change the planned costing variant.
  Data Inconsistencies: There may be inconsistencies in the data related to the product cost collector or the costing variant.
  Locked Objects: The cost collector or related objects may be locked by another user or process, preventing changes.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KOSA137 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Ensure that the planned costing variant is correctly defined in the system. You can check this in the configuration settings for product costing.
  Navigate to the configuration path: Controlling