Symptom
Error "Reset company code data before changing the chart of accounts" message no. FC140 is raised when trying to change the chart of accounts.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Resolution
S/4 HANA Public Cloud, comes with a pre-delivered and assigned operating chart of accounts (YCOA) that you cannot change. It's possible to maintain the YCOA, adding GL accounts and / or renumbering them, but not to assign your own created operating COA, like it's done in On-Premise.
General Information about the Chart of Accounts (YCOA) Template for SAP S/4HANA Cloud | SAP Help Por...
Chart of Accounts: Different Types | SAP Help Portal
If there is a need to allocate a different chart of accounts to the company code, first of all reset the company code specific data for the old chart of accounts.
To reset company code specific data use app Schedule Accounting Data Changes job template Reset Transaction Data. Refer SAP help documentation for more information on Reset Transaction Data.
See Also
SAP Community Reset company code data before changing the chart of accounts
SAP Community: Solved: Creation of Chart of Account - SAP Community
Keywords
Reset company code data before changing the chart of accounts, FC140, change the chart of accounts, chart of accounts, CoA, change the CoA, S4_PC, S4_1C , KBA , FI-GL-GL-N-2CL , Master Data (Public Cloud) , Problem
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