Symptom
On a sales order item, when trying to remove the WBS element assigned, it's not possible due to error "Changes to WBS assignment prohibited, balance sheet posting exist".
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Cause
The WBS element can only be deleted from the sales order item if it doesn't have any costs booked on it yet.
Therefore, it's not possible to remove the WBS Element from the item because it already have costs booked on it, balance sheet posting exists.
Resolution
It's not possible to unlink the WBS element from the item and neither deleting the item itself. But the item can be deactivated by setting a reason for rejection.
Keywords
V2514, costing, sales order, accounting, work breakdown structure, project, VBAP, balance sheet posting, costs , KBA , SD-SLS-GF-CO-2CL , Controlling interface, costing (Public Cloud) , Problem