How To Fix F4240 - Bank acct number & appears multiple times

F4240 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F4 - Line items/balances/configuration

• Message number: 240

• Message text: Bank acct number & appears multiple times

What causes this issue?

Account number &V1& appears in the following cases, at least:

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

Account ID &V2&
Account ID &V3&

System Response

How to fix this error?

It is assumed that when using the automatic account statement
processing option, only one combination of house bank ID / account ID
can be found for any single bank account number.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message F4240 - Bank acct number & appears multiple times ?

  The SAP error message F4240, which states "Bank account number & appears multiple times," typically occurs when there are duplicate entries for a bank account number in the system. This can happen in various contexts, such as when processing payments, creating vendor or customer master records, or during bank reconciliation.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Bank Account Entries: The most common cause is that the same bank account number has been entered multiple times in the system, either for the same vendor/customer or across different records.
  Incorrect Data Entry: Manual data entry errors can lead to the same bank account being recorded more than once.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system, duplicates may have been introduced during the migration process.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Identify Duplicates:
  
  Use transaction codes like SE16 or SE11 to access the relevant database tables (e.g., LFBK for vendor bank details, KNBK for customer bank details) and check for duplicate entries of the bank account