SAP Message MM335 - You want to change the profit center but material stock still exists

Diagnosis
You want to change the profit center in the material master record.However, changing the profit center could lead to inconsistencies in FIbecause stock data already exists for this material.
Examples:

  • Stock data already exists for a material and was posted with profit
    • center 'A' according to the current assignment in FI. If you change theprofit center in the material master (for example, to 'B') and thecurrent stock is consumed, none of the old stock would be used up in FI(with profit center 'A'), and there would be a negative material stockposted on the new account assignment (profit center 'B').
    • If there are price differences for the material on profit center 'A' and
      • these are only offset in FI after the profit center was changed and weretherefore offset against profit center 'B', this causes more problems.

      System Response
      The action is terminated.

      Procedure
      If you want to enable the profit center to be changed, proceed asfollows:
      Determine the potential effects of a profit center change on thecorresponding balance sheet in FI.
      You can change this message from an error message to a warning. Do thisin the IMG activity Define Attributes ofSystem Messages (work area MM, message number 335).
      IF &[SWITCH]FAGL_FIN_REORGANIZATION_RS& = 'X'.
      INCLUDE FAGL_R_MSG_CHANGE_PRCTR OBJECT DOKU ID TX
      ENDIF.