SAP Basic data transfer for the material master with standard batch input program RMMMBIM0. The field contents for the additional costing functions ar

Symptom:

When creating a plant maintenance order (transaction IW31), error message KI101 'Controlling area & does not exist') is displayed if no cost center allocation exists for the main work center at the current date.
The error message of category "E" can be ignored by pressing ENTER.
IW31 IW34 IW36

Cause and prerequisites

This is not an error.

Solution
The work center of the object is read to determine the profit center when creating a maintenance order. As the date is not yet known at that time, the check is made with the current date. For this reason, the cost center of the work center must already be allocated to the system date. If there is no allocation, you can ignore the error message KI101 by pressing ENTER. As a result, no profit centers can be determined automatically. The further processing is not affected.