Responsibility area: Perform product costing monthly closing
Understand and solve some of the possible errors that we can find during the run of Product Costing
Guideline
"Cost center xxxxxxxxxx cost element xxxxxxxxxx, splitting is not possible"
Missing Activities posted for the the type of cost
No activity type posted on Cost element group in the cost center as base for splitting
The Cost element group that is being used for the splitting structure can be checked on OKEW.
For the exemple above, we can check on KS03 the splitting struture used is Z2. On OKEW we can check the cost element group XCS-VCUT and we could check that was missing the posting for activity type ZZUTIL.
two possible solution:
- request Local team to post missing activity types
- change the spitting struture the cost of the activities that the plant has already completed.
"Cost Object xxxxxxxxxx still has actual costs that must be distributed"
The reason for this error is that there are still actual costs on cost object level.
First the transaction KKPX - Distribution for Cost Object Hierarchy has to be executed and afterwards repeat the transaction KKP5 - Cost Object Hierarchy Variance Calculation.
- Leave transaction KKP5 - Cost Object Hierarchy Variance Calculation
- Start transaction KKPX - Distribution for Cost Object Hierarchy (see OP.066)
- Check the result
- Relaunch KKP5 - Cost Object Hierarchy Variance Calculation
If, after run KK88 a solde appears because a material is not assigned to the cost object hierarchy, GBS service centers should assign the material to the corresponding cost object hierarchy and re-run KK88.
Error message
"Order history for order XXXXXX not complete"
The error means that is missing the order history of a cost collector.
This error don’t block the complete processing; only the orders in consideration will not be settled.
Action:
- communicate the error to DT (FAS, other communication line)
- after solution restart KK88
- check again the messages and perform the necessary check (the cost collectors must be balanced at this point)
“Acct determination for Product cost collector price differences with keys not defined in ch/acts COCA"
This error happens when we are settling a Cost Collector which has a material with no production on the Settlement Rule.
Go to the master data of the order in error and check its settlement rule:
After, go to transaction CKM3 and fill the Material and the Plant. Press “Enter”.
If the system retrieves an error related to the Valuation type”, open the options available on the valuation type field, and choose the existent one.
Press Enter.
You can check there if the mentioned material has production or if all the lines are blank.
To avoid this error in the future, locals should be contacted in order to reverse the posting in MM on the closing month and post the consumption on the good material.
An alternative solution could be the following:
- Perform a CO posting through KB11N on the closing period to balance the order, transferring the value and the quantity on the order in error to an order given by the plant accountant;
- Run KKP5 again;
- Run KO88 for both orders used on the CO posting;
- Check and guarantee that all Cost Collectors have zero balance;
- Reverse the CO posting on the following month.
With the reverse of KB11N, the order in error remains with amount on the following month.
So, in order to avoid the same problem every month, it will be necessary to have a correction in MM.
Error message
This error blocks the settlement of the orders to the cost collectors.
In this case a correction program should run as explained in the section below : KK88 Troubleshooting
When, during execution of transaction KK88, the following error occur:
It is necessary to run the transaction ZMLCCS_ KO88 to update the sending orders and unblock the processing.
- Users are responsible to communicate the orders for which the settlement is blocked.
- Key users, IS support members or SU MAC are responsible to run the transaction on the relevant orders.
STEP 1
Enter transaction ZMLCCS_KO88
If you do not have the authorization, contact IS.
STEP 2
Enter selections:
- Choose Display Settings
- Enter Company code, Fiscal year and posting period of the closing
- Select Split Delta by Price
- Enter the order number(s) to be processed – Do not leave this field blank
- Enter cost element 6096400000 (used for the production of finished goods)
Click
STEP 3
The system will display one of the two following log.
In case of log 1) , skip step 4 and go ahead for step 5.
In case of log 2) you will need to delete the settings as described in step 4.
1) 
2)
STEP 4
Enter selections:
- Choose Delete Settings
- Enter Company code, Fiscal year and posting period of the closing
- Select Split Delta by Price
- Enter the order number(s) to be processed – Do not leave this field blank
- Enter cost element 6096400000 (used for the production of finished goods)
Click
The system will display log:
STEP 5
Enter selections:
- Choose Maintain Settings
- Enter Company code, Fiscal year and posting period of the closing
- Select Split Delta by Price
- Enter the order number(s) to be processed – Do not leave this field blank
- Enter cost element 6096400000 (used for the production of finished goods)
Click
Error message
"Cost element xxxxxxxxxx is not assigned to acost component in CostCompStruct Z1"
This error happens when there is a posting done in a wrong cost element (not allocated to structure Z1), so the system is not able to settle cost collectors, orders and, consequently, the respective orders remain unbalanced.
The solution is to reverse the posting and perform it again, but with the correct Cost Element.
SU MAC should contact the customer informing about the order number, document number and cost element. (some of this information is available in the error’s message and other in the order’s line items).