KE51 - Maximum Number of Profit Centers

Is there a real or practical limit to the number of profit centers we can create for PCA?  Our standard hierarchy (KCH3) has over 2100 items today and we are likely to double that over the next 2-3 years.  I do not expect to run into problems at this level but I did not have an answer to the question, what is the limit?

There is no specific limitation - however you would be well advised to keep the count down to manageable limits.
E.g if you have 10000 profit centers, it becomes extremely hard to keep maintaining hierarchy, groups and the myriad details associated with all the PCs. Also I have noticed a degradation of performance with over 5000 profit centers.
Also if you use a portal for your work, remember that your users will hate the limited real estate available to view the hierarchy or to run down thru the list of drop down PCs available.
I would use a combination of various data elements available in the system to achieve reporting needs - keep PCs as low as possible.

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