Symptom
Postings in Asset Accounting fail with one of the following error messages:
- AA389 – Transaction type &1 not possible (no affiliated company specified)
- AA390 – Transaction type &1 not possible (posting to affiliated company)
- AAPO176 – Transaction type &1 cannot be used for activity &2
The issue may occur in various transactions, for example:
- F-90 (Acquisition)
- F-92 (Retirement)
- ABT1N (Intercompany Transfer)
- ABAON (Retirement with revenue)
- MIGO / MIRO / VL02N (Logistics integration)
- Down payment postings
Summary
The errors AA389 and AA390 are caused by inconsistencies between transaction type settings and trading partner data.
In most cases, the issue can be resolved by:
- Aligning transaction type and trading partner usage
- Verifying document type settings
- Checking substitution logic in New Asset Accounting
- Reviewing integration scenarios and system configuration
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Environment
- FIN Asset Accounting
- SAP ERP
- SAP ERP Central Component
- SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
- SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP S/4HANA Finance
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
- SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA Finance,
- SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA,
- SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Product
SAP ERP all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Finance all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA all versions
Keywords
AA389 AA390 AAPO176 trading partner VBUND affiliated company FI-AA intercompany posting AO74 OBA7 OBY6 , KBA , FI-AA , Asset Accounting , Problem
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