How To Fix KQ065 - Choose additive costs only together with a strategy

KQ065 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KQ - Error Messages for Customizing Product Costing

• Message number: 065

• Message text: Choose additive costs only together with a strategy

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KQ065 - Choose additive costs only together with a strategy ?

  The SAP error message KQ065, which states "Choose additive costs only together with a strategy," typically occurs in the context of cost planning or cost allocation in SAP Controlling (CO) module, particularly when dealing with cost planning strategies in Product Costing or Cost Center Accounting.
  
  Cause:
  This error arises when you attempt to use additive costs without having a proper strategy defined. In SAP, additive costs are costs that are added to the base costs of a product or service. However, for these costs to be valid, they must be associated with a specific planning strategy. If no strategy is defined, or if the selected strategy does not support additive costs, the system will throw this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KQ065 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Planning Strategy:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for your cost planning strategy in SAP.
  Ensure that the strategy you are using supports additive costs. You can do this