How To Fix AC026 - Areas that adopt identical values are removed

AC026 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AC - Error messages from Asset Customizing

• Message number: 026

• Message text: Areas that adopt identical values are removed

What causes this issue?

You have specified an area for investment support. This area carries out
identical value takeover in one or more depreciation areas. In order to
ensure this value takeover for investment support, you must also take
derived areas for this support into account.

System Response

Processing can be continued following 'confirmation' of the message.

How to fix this error?

You do not need to take immediate action. You should however be
aware of the consequences as defined by the system.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AC026 - Areas that adopt identical values are removed ?

  The SAP error message AC026, which states "Areas that adopt identical values are removed," typically occurs in the context of Asset Accounting (FI-AA) when you are trying to create or modify an asset master record. This error indicates that there are multiple areas (such as depreciation areas) that are set to adopt the same values, which is not allowed in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by the configuration of the asset master record where two or more depreciation areas are set to adopt identical values. This can happen if:
  
  You have configured multiple depreciation areas to use the same settings or values.
  There is a misconfiguration in the asset accounting settings that leads to overlapping or duplicate value adoption.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the AC026 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Depreciation Areas:
  
  Go to the asset master record in transaction code AS02 (Change Asset) or AS01 (Create Asset).
  Review the depreciation areas assigned to the