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3402702 - Error "G/L acc. ABC (chart of acc. DEF) is assigned to more than one account group" Is Raised When Assigning a Budget Category

Symptom

When trying to add G/L Account ABC to Budget Category XYZ, error message is raised: "G/L acc. ABC (chart of acc. DEF) is assigned to more than one account group"
(ABC, DEF and XYZ represents G/L Account number, Chart of Accounts name and Budget Category ID)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Configuration workcenter.
  2. Open Overview view.
  3. Search for Budget Queries Activity.
  4. Click on Edit G/L account groups for reporting.
  5. On G/L Account Group GHI, click on Add Row. (GHI stands for the G/L Account Group ID)
  6. Select Chart of Accounts XYZ and select G/L Account ABC.
  7. Click on Save.

Error is raised.

Cause

It is not allowed to have the same G/L Account maintained for more than one Budget Category in the Budget Queries activity.

Resolution

System behaves as designed. 

See Also

3246163 - Error Message: Combination of Budget Category PQR and G/L Account 123 Does Not Exit

Keywords

Budget Queries, Budget Categories, Financial Planning , KBA , SRD-FIN-FIP , Planning , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions