Urgent : Adding Compounding Attribute 0CO_AREA

Question

Hi,
When I added 0CO_AREA as a COMPOUNDING attribute of 0WBS_ELEMT,
Following is the error message :-
<b> InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT is referenced from 0CRM_MKTELE, compounding cannot be changed</b>
Diagnosis
The InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT is referenced by InfoObject 0CRM_MKTELE. InfoObjects have been deleted or inserted from the compound of InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT. The compounds of InfoObject and referenced InfoObject must, however, concur with each other.
System response
InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT can only be activated if InfoObject 0CRM_MKTELE is activated at the same time.
Procedure
Include all the InfoObjects, that reference InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT, together in the editing and activate them likewise.
Otherwise, you can only change the compounding of InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT if there are no more other InfoObjects that reference InfoObject 0WBS_ELEMT.

Answer 1

Hi John,
Please see OSS note 184948 (Compound Infoobjects to 0SOURSYSTEM). Though this takes the example of 0SOURSYSTEM added as a Compound InfoObject, but the same applies in your case too. The solution mentioned is:
"In this case, characteristic 'XYZ' must also be compounded to 0SOURSYSTEM.Characteristic 'XYZ' must be activated together with characteristic 'ABC'.
If you have to change dependent characteristics also, all characteristics must be activated together with characteristic 'ABC'.Otherwise, the consistency check uses the active version of the dependent characteristics and reports errors.In the initial screen of InfoObject maintenance select radio button 'Free selection of InfoObjects'.In the dialog box, select all characteristics you want to activate together.Select all characteristics on the following overview screen and press 'Activate'.If you are already on the detailed screen of InfoObject maintenance and include the other InfoObjects in the maintenance using pushbutton 'Other InfoObject' then for activation you must go back to the overview screen and select and activate all InfoObjects there.This procedure is necessary since activating on the detailed screen is for the currently selected InfoObject (and dependent objects) only but not for all InfoObjects visible in the overview list.If you want to activate several InfoObjects together, then you should always do this from the overview list."
Hope this helps...