How To Fix WXP645 - Break-down &2 must be the plant dimension

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 645

• Message text: Break-down &2 must be the plant dimension

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WXP645 - Break-down &2 must be the plant dimension ?

  Certainly! Here's detailed information about the SAP error message WXP645:
  
  SAP Error Message: WXP645 - Break-down &2 must be the plant dimension
  
  Meaning / 
  Cause:
  This error occurs in SAP when you are working with costing-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) or Product Costing and the system expects the plant to be used as a characteristic (dimension) in the break-down structure, but it is missing or incorrectly assigned.
  
  The message indicates that the break-down structure (used in costing or profitability analysis) must include the plant as one of the dimensions.
  The system requires the plant dimension to correctly allocate or analyze costs or revenues.
  This usually happens when defining or changing the break-down structure in CO-PA or in costing variants, and the plant is either omitted or replaced by another dimension.
  
  
  When does it occur?
  
  During configuration or execution of costing runs.
  When defining or modifying the break-down structure in CO-PA.
  When the system tries to allocate costs or revenues but cannot