SAP Note 22061 - Drill-down reporting (CO-PA only): KH807 or KH808

Symptom:

When you run a report (transaction KE30 or from the report definition KE31, KE32), message KH807 or KH808 is issued:
"You cannot run this report for these characteristics (long text)"

Cause and prerequisites

The cause is described in the long text of the error message: No summarization data exists yet for this combination of characteristics.
During the report definition, someone used menu item "Details -> Summarization data" to define that this report cannot be run when no summarization data exists for the current combination of characteristics (or this was the default setting).
The configuration made in the report definition is: Response if no summarization data: error message.

Solution

Either proceed as described in the long text of the error message, or, alternatively, change the report definition:
The option of changing the report definition should only be considered when a test report is involved for which you want to construct the summarization data online, or if only a small report is involved that would not require too much CPU time for online processing.

Changing the report definition:
Use transaction KE32 to call up the report definition. From there, select "Details -> Summarization data" to call up the dialog box "Summarization data" and change the system response when no data exists to a warning. Save the report definition and run the report again. A dialog box appears indicating that no summarization data exists yet, and asks whether you want to run the report anyway. If you respond with "Yes", the report will be run and the summarization data will be constructed online.
You can now also do away with the summarization data completely. In this case, this selection must be deactivated in the "Summarization data" screen. Save the report definition. Running the report will now cause the report list to appear without the summarization data.
The other alternatives from the long text of the error message are also listed here:
If the report is new, then no summarization data exists for this report at all. Someone from application support should run the report in the background for the characteristics you require (menu option "Report data" in the configuration menu).
Furthermore, no summarization data may exist yet for the selected combination of characteristics because the combination you selected was not included in the data. In this case, maintain the combination in the variable group you used and run the report in the background using menu option "Print/actualize". For more information, please contact your application support staff.