Symptom
When creating an Allocation Cycle for Profit Center context, error "Primary / secondary cost element & cannot be used in Profit Center Allocation" is triggered
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Resolution
Within the Profit Center context in universal allocation, only Accounts of type N (Non-operating expenses/income) and X (Balance sheet accounts) are accepted. To perform allocation on cost elements, allocation context Cost Center is to be used.
3117138 - Allocating Amounts Between Profit Centers in Universal Allocation
See Also
Keywords
Allocation, cycle, profit center, cost element, primary, secondary, account. , KBA , CO-OM-CCA-F-2CL , Period-end Closing (Public Cloud) , Problem