How To Fix WRF_APC385 - No category exists above hierarchy node &1 &2

WRF_APC385 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WRF_APC - Messages for Operational Assortment Planning and Control

• Message number: 385

• Message text: No category exists above hierarchy node &1 &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WRF_APC385 - No category exists above hierarchy node &1 &2 ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WRF_APC385 No category exists above hierarchy node &1 &2
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs in SAP Product Costing or Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) when the system tries to find a category (such as a costing category or a characteristic value) above a specified hierarchy node in a classification or hierarchy structure, but no such category exists.
  More specifically, the message indicates that the system attempted to navigate upwards in a hierarchy starting from the node identified by the placeholders &1 and &2 (these are typically the hierarchy node ID and the hierarchy name or version), but it could not find any category above that node. This usually happens during:
  
  Costing runs or cost estimate calculations involving hierarchical costing categories.
  Profitability Analysis when navigating characteristic hierarchies.
  When the hierarchy is incomplete or incorrectly maintained.
  When the category assignment in the hierarchy is missing or inconsistent.
  
  
  Typical Scenarios:
  
  The hierarchy node is