How To Fix 1M174 - There is already a balance notification after &3 for acct &1, bk area &2

1M174 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 1M - BKK: Abschluß

• Message number: 174

• Message text: There is already a balance notification after &3 for acct &1, bk area &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 1M174 - There is already a balance notification after &3 for acct &1, bk area &2 ?

  The SAP error message 1M174 indicates that there is already a balance notification for a specific account in a particular company code (bookkeeping area) after a certain date. This typically occurs in the context of financial accounting when trying to create or process a balance notification for an account that already has an existing notification.
  
  Cause:
  
  Existing Notification: The primary cause of this error is that a balance notification has already been created for the specified account and bookkeeping area after the date mentioned in the error message.
  Duplicate Processing: This can happen if there is an attempt to create a new notification for an account that already has a pending or processed notification.
  
  Configuration Issues: Sometimes, configuration settings in the financial accounting module may lead to this error if they are not set up correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Notifications: 
  
  Go to the relevant transaction (e.g., FBL3N for account balance display) and check if there is