Material Ledger

Hi Experts,
I have activated Material Ledger and Actual Costing. After that I tried to do the “Production Startup of Mat. Ledger” (Set Valuation Areas as Productive – CKMSTART) I am getting below error.
Cost component structure for period 007 / 2014 in plant XXXX not found
Message no. MLCCS003
Diagnosis
No cost component structure was found in valuation 2 for period 007 / 2014 in plant XXXX.
I checked the Cost component structure and observed that Cost Component Structure is active and assigned to Plant via Company Code.
I ran the transaction “Display of ML-Relevant Customizing settings – CKM9”. I noticed that it is mentioned that “Currency and Valuation profile” is not active. I have created the Currency and Valuation profile TP01 and have assigned the Currency type 30 and 10 to it.
Please suggest.
Thanks and Regards,
Sudhir Harale

Hi Experts,
I deselected the "Actual Cost Component Split Active" check box and observed that “Production Startup of Mat. Ledger (CKMSTART)” is getting executed without error.
But I don’t know the impact of deactivating the "Actual Cost Component Split Active".
Please give your valuable advice.
Thanks for help.
Regards,
Sudhir Harale

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