How To Fix KU331 - Class &1 &2 contains no object characteristic for the CO area

KU331 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KU - Costing: Rollup

• Message number: 331

• Message text: Class &1 &2 contains no object characteristic for the CO area

What causes this issue?

Summarization can only be carried out within a controlling area. This
means that class &V1& - &V2& must contain reference characteristic &V3&,
which is linked to the controlling area.
Class &V1& - &V2& does not contain the reference characteristic
"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?

Go into Customizing and set the change classification data for
summarization so that the controlling area is in the rollup class.
If the controlling area is displayed as a generated characteristic of
the class, use the function "Extras - Compare status" to check whether
the status is correctly displayed.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KU331 - Details

• The SAP error message KU331 indicates that a class (specified by &1 and &2) does not contain any object characteristics for the specified Controlling (CO) area. This typically occurs in the context of controlling and cost object management, where the system expects certain characteristics to be defined for a class in order to perform operations related to cost accounting.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Object Characteristics: The class defined in the error message does not have any object characteristics assigned to it for the specified CO area. Object characteristics are essential for the system to identify and manage cost objects effectively.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a configuration issue in the classification system where the class is not properly set up to include the necessary characteristics.
  Data Entry Errors: There might be a mistake in the data entry or assignment of characteristics to the class.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Class Configuration:
  
  Go to the classification system in SAP (Transaction CL02 for changing