How To Fix 62951 - Advance payment in lease-out &1 in M/L-tape more than once

62951 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 62 - Message Texts for Real Estate

• Message number: 951

• Message text: Advance payment in lease-out &1 in M/L-tape more than once

What causes this issue?

Caution!
The advance payments for this lease-out appear more than once in the
individual M3 records of the M/L-tape.
The reason for this is that multiple different time periods were defined
with settlement type 'advance payment' within one settlement period, for
example, during a change in settlement participation from 'advance
payment' to 'no participation' and then back to 'advance payment.'

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?

Check settlement participation in the lease-out.
If you really want these changes in settlement participation, then you
have to adjust the advance payment amounts in the M3 records for the
lease-out manually.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 62951 - Advance payment in lease-out &1 in M/L-tape more than once ?

  The SAP error message 62951, which states "Advance payment in lease-out &1 in M/L-tape more than once," typically occurs in the context of lease accounting and management within the SAP system. This error indicates that there is an issue with the processing of advance payments related to lease contracts, specifically when the same advance payment is being recorded multiple times for a single lease-out transaction.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entries: The most common cause of this error is that the system has detected duplicate advance payment entries for the same lease-out contract. This can happen if the user attempts to post an advance payment more than once for the same lease agreement.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be configuration issues in the lease accounting settings that allow for multiple postings of the same advance payment.
  Data Integrity Issues: There could be data integrity issues in the database, such as inconsistencies or corruption that lead to the system