How To Fix FI199 - A strategy can only be assigned once for each FM area

FI199 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 199

• Message text: A strategy can only be assigned once for each FM area

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FI199 - Details

• The SAP error message FI199, which states "A strategy can only be assigned once for each FM area," typically occurs in the context of Funds Management (FM) in SAP. This error indicates that there is an attempt to assign a strategy to a Funds Management area that has already been assigned to that strategy. 
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Assignment: The most common cause of this error is that the same strategy is being assigned multiple times to the same Funds Management area. Each FM area can only have one unique strategy assigned to it.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings where the same strategy is inadvertently linked to the same FM area.
  Data Entry Errors: During the setup or modification of strategies, there may have been a mistake in data entry that led to the duplication.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Assignments: 
  
  Navigate to the configuration settings for Funds Management in SAP.
  Check the existing assignments