How To Fix 1I053 - When you enter the account number, please enter only one bank area

1I053 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 1I - BCA: General Ledger Integration

• Message number: 053

• Message text: When you enter the account number, please enter only one bank area

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 1I053 - When you enter the account number, please enter only one bank area ?

  The SAP error message 1I053 typically occurs when you are trying to enter a bank account number in a transaction, but the system detects that there are multiple bank areas associated with that account number. This can happen in various SAP modules, particularly in Financial Accounting (FI) or Bank Accounting.
  
  Cause:
  The error message indicates that the account number you are trying to enter is linked to more than one bank area in the system. A bank area in SAP is a specific organizational unit that represents a bank or a group of banks. When entering an account number, SAP expects that the account is unique to a single bank area, and if it finds multiple associations, it raises this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Bank Area Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code FI12 (for Bank Master Data) or FI13 (for Display Bank Master Data).
  Enter the account number