How To Fix KR357 - Cost center master incompletely archived because transaction data exists

KR357 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KR - Archiving Reports and Utilities

• Message number: 357

• Message text: Cost center master incompletely archived because transaction data exists

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KR357 - Details

• The SAP error message KR357 indicates that a cost center master record cannot be archived because there is still transaction data associated with it. This typically means that there are financial transactions or postings that reference the cost center, preventing it from being archived.
  
  Cause:
  
  Existing Transaction Data: The primary reason for this error is that there are still active transactions (such as postings in financial accounting, controlling, or other modules) that reference the cost center.
  Incomplete Archiving Process: The archiving process may not have been completed for all related data, or the data may not have been archived correctly.
  Dependencies: The cost center may be linked to other objects or processes that prevent it from being archived.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KR357 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify Transaction Data:
  
  Use transaction codes like KSB1 (Cost Centers: Actual Line Items) or KOB1 (Order: Actual Line Items) to check for any existing postings related to the cost