How To Fix F5A293 - Purchase order history & & will be negative for down payment

F5A293 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F5A - Document Editing

• Message number: 293

• Message text: Purchase order history & & will be negative for down payment

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

For the down payment transaction, the purchase order history is
negative.
Analyze the purchase order history with transaction ME23N. Use
time-based sorting.
If the message is issued as an error, you have to enter the FI postings
in an order such that the purchase order history cannot be negative.
INCLUDE 'CUSTOMIZED_MESSAGE_INFO' OBJECT DOKU ID TX

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 F5A293 - Purchase order history & & will be negative for down payment ?

  The SAP error message F5A293 indicates that there is an issue with the purchase order history related to down payments. Specifically, it suggests that the down payment amount is greater than the total amount of the purchase order, which can lead to negative values in the purchase order history.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Down Payment Exceeds Purchase Order Amount: The most common cause of this error is that the total down payment made exceeds the total value of the purchase order. This can happen if:
  
  The down payment was incorrectly entered.
  The purchase order was modified after the down payment was made, reducing the total order value.
  There are multiple down payments recorded that cumulatively exceed the purchase order amount.
  
  
  
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be configuration issues in the system that do not properly handle down payments against purchase orders.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Review Down Payment Amounts: Check the down payment amounts recorded against the purchase order. Ensure that the total down payment