SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

1828324 - Unable To Change Reporting Principle For The Set Of Books

Symptom

Changing the reporting principle of a set of books to Profit Center or Segment with clearing results in the following error messages.

'Save Failed.'

'Contribution margin scheme only allowed with CoS reporting principle.'

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to Implementation Project view.
  3. Select the implementation project and click on Open Activity List.
  4. Navigate to Fine Tune tab.
  5. Search for activity Set Of Books and open the activity.
  6. Select the appropriate set of books and click on Edit.
  7. Navigate to General tab and change the value of field Reporting Principle from the dropdown list.
  8. Click on Save.

Cause

A value has been maintained in the Contribution Margin Scheme field, which is not allowed with the reporting principle Profit Center or Segment with clearing.

Resolution

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to Implementation Project view.
  3. Select the implementation project and click on Open Activity List.
  4. Navigate to Fine Tune tab.
  5. Search for activity Set Of Books and open the activity.
  6. Select the appropriate set of books and click on Edit.
  7. Navigate to Company Settings tab and remove the value from the field Contribution Margin Scheme for all the companies.
  8. Navigate to General tab and change the value of reporting principle to Profit center or segment with clearing.
  9. Click on Save.

Keywords

Change, Reporting Principle, Set of Books, Profit Center, Segment, Clearing , KBA , SRD-FIN-ACP , Payables , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions