1734874 - Error Message: "Cannot change cost center XYZ (ABC); it is assigned to fixed asset"

When trying to activate an Organizational Structure, the system displays the following error message for some of the Cost Centers:

"Cannot change cost center XYZ (ABC); it is assigned to fixed asset' (XYZ stands for the Cost Center ID and ABC for the Cost Center name).

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1. Go to the Organizational Management Work Center.
2. Click the Organizational Structure View.
3. Expand the tree until Cost Center XYZ is visible.
4. Select Cost Center XYZ.
5. Click Edit.

The error message is raised: "Cannot change cost center XYZ (ABC); it is assigned to fixed asset".

An attempt is made to delete/delimit a Cost Center (Validity) that contains one or more Fixed Assets that have Assignment Intervals which the time frame collides. This is the expected system behavior.

To activate the Organizational Structure:

For each affected Fixed Asset, follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
2. Select the Fixed Assets view.
3. Search and Edit the Fixed Asset.
4. Go to Master Data tab and Basic Data sub-tab.
5. Under All Assignment Intervals selection, create a new assignment interval with a dummy cost center or any other cost center assignment.
6. Then Save the Asset.

It needs to be ensured that the timeline of the Organizational Structure where the change is planned is not covered by the validity of the original Cost Center XYZ.

Now, the Cost Center can be changed according to the settings and this Organizational Structure can be activated.

Go to the respective Fixed Asset Master Data and change the new Assignment Interval line created before from the dummy Cost Center to the old Cost Center.

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