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2864151 - Cost Center Category for Activity Types in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (Professional Services)

Symptom

While trying to add a resource to a role in a customer / internal project, the following error occurs "Project xxxxx, work package xxxx: <activity type> is not a valid resource/expense type". 

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the project planning apps (Plan Customer Project / Plan Internal Project).
  2. Go to the work packages tab and select a work package to see the details.
  3. Try to staff an employee/add an additional resource.
  4. Save the project, the error message is raised.

Cause

  1. The cost center category of the activity type is not assigned to "C" (Professional Service).
  2. The cost center category of the activity type is assigned to "*" (All categories).

Resolution

  1. Maintain the cost center category of the activity type to "C" (Professional Service) in app Manage Activity Types.
  2. If there is a requirement to maintain more than one cost center category for an activity type, please select it individually, and make sure that cost center category "C" is also maintained along with other categories.

NOTE: The Unit of measure of the Resource ID(s) should be H (hours).

Keywords

Plan customer projects, work packages, activity type, resource, expense, valid, cloud, employee, cost center category, Plan internal projects, /CPD/SS_MESSAGES/221, Manage Activity Types , KBA , CA-CPD-SS , S/4HANA Public Cloud – Professional Service Projects , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions