Change or Set Controlling Area in SAP S4 HANA

Change or Set Controlling Area in SAP S4 HANA.

Understanding: When you use Controlling (CO) for the first time in SAP, you’ll be prompted to select a controlling area. SAP then saves this selection as a user-specific default, so you won’t need to enter it again each time. This setting is important because:

• You can only work with one controlling area at a time.
• If you open multiple SAP sessions, changing the controlling area in one session affects all the others.
• It’s not possible to work with different controlling areas in separate sessions.

In this blog, we walk you through a step-by-step process to change or set the default Controlling Area in SAP S/4HANA using two ways (Note: Other options, such as using user parameters, are also available.)

• Through any Controlling module T code.
• Set Controlling Area in T code: OKKS.

First way – Through any T code in Controlling module

You can check or update the controlling area in any Controlling (CO) transaction. Let us use T code: KS01 (Creation of cost center).

Path – Click on Extras -> Set Controlling Area.

Popup will appeared, give the Controlling area you want and click on continue button.

As you can see, the controlling area has now been updated.

Second way – Set Controlling Area in T code: OKKS

Popup will appeared, give the Controlling area you want and click on continue button.

As you can see, the controlling area has now been updated.

SAP FICO Configuration topics:

• How to Create a Controlling area in SAP: Click here
• SAP Finance Enterprise structure: Click here
• SAP Finance GL Accounting: Click here
• SAP Finance Accounts Payable: Click here
• SAP Finance Accounts Receivable: Click here
• SAP Finance Bank Accounting: Click here
• SAP Finance New Asset Accounting: Click here
• SAP Controlling – Cost Element Accounting: Click here
• SAP Controlling – Cost Center Accounting: Click here
• SAP Controlling – Profit Center Accounting: Click here