How To Fix AA165 - Area &1: Interest calculation not allowed; Please correct the deprec. key

AA165 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AA - Messages for Asset Accounting

• Message number: 165

• Message text: Area &1: Interest calculation not allowed; Please correct the deprec. key

What causes this issue?

For depreciation area &V1&, you have specified depreciation key &V2&.
This depreciation key also calculates interest.
Depreciation area &V1& however is defined in such a way that interest is
<ZH>not</> calculated.

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?

Correct the depreciation key in depreciation area &V1&.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

AA165 - Details

• The SAP error message AA165 indicates that there is an issue with the depreciation key assigned to an asset in the Asset Accounting (FI-AA) module. Specifically, it states that interest calculation is not allowed for the specified area, which is typically related to the asset's depreciation settings.
  
  Cause:
  The error can occur due to several reasons:
  
  Depreciation Key Settings: The depreciation key assigned to the asset may not allow for interest calculation. This can happen if the key is configured to exclude interest calculations.
  Asset Area Configuration: The asset area (e.g., book depreciation area, tax depreciation area) may not be set up to allow interest calculations.
  Incorrect Asset Master Data: The asset master data may have incorrect or incomplete information, leading to this error when trying to perform calculations.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Depreciation Key:
  
  Go to the transaction code OADB (Depreciation Keys) in SAP.
  Find the depreciation key assigned to the