How To Fix F6279 - Balance commitment item cannot be budgeted negatively

F6279 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F6 - Funds Management Master Data Maintenance

• Message number: 279

• Message text: Balance commitment item cannot be budgeted negatively

What causes this issue?

You want to create/change a balance commitment item and have flagged
the <LS>Negative Budget</> indicator. The assignment of negative budget
is not permitted for balance commitment items.

System Response

You cannot save the commitment item.

How to fix this error?

Unflag the <LS>Negative Budget</> indicator or change the commitment
item category.

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

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message F6279 - Balance commitment item cannot be budgeted negatively ?

  The SAP error message F6279, "Balance commitment item cannot be budgeted negatively," typically occurs in the context of budget management within SAP's Public Sector Management (PSM) or Controlling (CO) modules. This error indicates that there is an attempt to budget a commitment item in a way that would result in a negative balance, which is not allowed according to the configuration of the budgetary control settings.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Negative Budgeting Attempt: The most common cause of this error is that a transaction is trying to allocate a budget to a commitment item that would result in a negative budget. This can happen if you are trying to reduce the budget for a commitment item that is already at zero or if the budget is being adjusted incorrectly.
  
  
  Configuration Settings: The configuration settings for budget control may not allow negative budgets for certain commitment items. This is often set up to prevent overspending or mismanagement