How To Fix AO060 - Reason for investment &1 was already used for the distribution.

AO060 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AO - Appropriation requests - Master data / Customizing

• Message number: 060

• Message text: Reason for investment &1 was already used for the distribution.

What causes this issue?

Reason for investment &V1& was already used for percentage
distribution.

System Response

You are not allowed to make another entry for investment reason &V1&.

How to fix this error?

Check your entry.
Instead of making another entry for investment reason &V1&, you should
change the percentage distribution of the existing entry. Check the
existing percentage distribution of investment reason &V1&.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

AO060 - Details

• The SAP error message AO060, which states "Reason for investment &1 was already used for the distribution," typically occurs in the context of Asset Accounting (FI-AA) when you are trying to distribute costs or investments to different cost centers or internal orders. This error indicates that the specified reason for investment has already been utilized in a previous distribution, and therefore cannot be reused for the current transaction.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Usage: The reason for investment you are trying to use has already been applied in a prior distribution for the same asset or investment.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that restrict the reuse of certain investment reasons.
  Data Entry Errors: Incorrect data entry or selection of the investment reason can lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Previous Distributions: Review the previous distributions for the asset or investment to see where the reason has been used. You can do this by checking