Controlling area is missing

What causes this issue?

Plan data can only be transferred from Profitability Analysis to Profit
Center Accounting if the data was created for a specific controlling
area. The selected data is not assigned to a controlling area.

System Response

The data cannot be transferred to Profit Center Accounting.

How to fix this error?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.