SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3614379 - It's not possible to remove WBS element from sales order item

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

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions