How To Fix KQ499 - Costing variant & used by unit cost estimates. Cannot delete

KQ499 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 499

• Message text: Costing variant & used by unit cost estimates. Cannot delete

What causes this issue?

You are attempting to delete costing variant &V1&. This is not possible
because the database contains cost estimates that refer to costing
variant &V1&.

How to fix this error?

To delete costing variante &V1&, you would first have to delete or
archive the cost estimates (unit cost estimates, base object cost
estimates) that refer to costing variant &V1&.

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 KQ499 - Costing variant & used by unit cost estimates. Cannot delete ?

  The SAP error message KQ499 indicates that you are trying to delete a costing variant that is currently being used by unit cost estimates. This is a common issue in SAP when dealing with cost accounting and product costing.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs because the costing variant you are attempting to delete is linked to existing cost estimates. In SAP, costing variants are essential for determining how costs are calculated and allocated to products. If there are active cost estimates that reference the costing variant, SAP will prevent you from deleting it to maintain data integrity.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify Usage: Check which cost estimates are using the costing variant. You can do this by navigating to the cost estimate transaction (e.g., CK11N for creating cost estimates) and reviewing the cost estimates that reference the variant.
  
  
  Delete or Change Cost Estimates: If you find that there are cost estimates