How To Fix KW651 - Cost center &1 has not been assigned to a splitting structure

KW651 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KW - CO-ABC Activity-Based Costing

• Message number: 651

• Message text: Cost center &1 has not been assigned to a splitting structure

What causes this issue?

Cost center &V1& has not been assigned to a splitting structure.
In Cost Center Accounting, activity-independent costs can be split
among the activity types. You split costs to calculate the prices of
the individual activity types, or their variances.
You can store different splitting rules for individual costs in a
<DS:DE.CO_SCNAM>splitting_structure</>.

System Response

If a cost center is not assigned to a splitting structure, the
equivalence numbers from the activity types are used as the
<DS:DE.CO_AEQUI>splitting_base</>.

How to fix this error?

Assign the cost center to a splitting structure if you want to use
splitting bases other than equivalence numbers.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KW651 - Details

• The SAP error message KW651 indicates that a specific cost center (denoted by &1) has not been assigned to a splitting structure. This error typically arises in the context of Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) or when dealing with cost accounting in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the cost center you are trying to use in a transaction or report is not linked to a defined splitting structure. Splitting structures are used in SAP to allocate costs and revenues to different segments, such as profit centers or cost centers, based on certain criteria.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KW651 error, you need to ensure that the cost center is properly assigned to a splitting structure. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Splitting Structure Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to the following path: Controlling (CO) -> Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) -> Master Data -> Splitting Structure -> Define Splitting Structure
  
  
  
  
  Check