How To Fix 5G041 - Enter either a flat rate value or percentage value

5G041 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5G - HR: Messages for Britain

• Message number: 041

• Message text: Enter either a flat rate value or percentage value

What causes this issue?

You have entered both a flat rate value and percentage value for the
specific band. In the case of a mixed value pension scheme, however,
you can only enter a flat rate value or percentage value for each band.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Enter either a flat rate value or a percentage value.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

5G041 - Details

• The SAP error message 5G041 ("Enter either a flat rate value or percentage value") typically occurs in the context of pricing or condition records in SAP, particularly when dealing with pricing conditions in sales documents, purchase orders, or other related transactions.
  
  Cause:
  This error arises when the system expects either a flat rate value or a percentage value to be entered in a specific field, but neither has been provided. This can happen in various scenarios, such as:
  
  When creating or modifying a pricing condition record.
  When entering pricing information in a sales order or purchase order.
  When the configuration of the pricing procedure requires one of these values to be specified, but the user has left both fields blank.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you should:
  
  
  Check the Pricing Condition Record:
  
  Navigate to the relevant pricing condition record (e.g., using transaction codes like VK11 for creating or VK12 for changing).
  Ensure that you have entered either a flat rate