How To Fix FMAVC018 - Overall budget exceeded by &2 for several document items from item &1 on

FMAVC018 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FMAVC - Message class AVC funds management

• Message number: 018

• Message text: Overall budget exceeded by &2 for several document items from item &1 on

What causes this issue?

The overall budget is exceeded by &V2& for several document items from
item &V1& onward. Budget control on outgoing amounts (
<DS:DE.BUAVC_CEILTYPE>ceiling type</> <ZK>Expenditures</>) raised this
message for the following combination of availability control ledger
(and if applicable, <DS:DE.FM_CEFFYEAR_BCS>year of cash effectivity</>)
and control object:
<ZH>&V3&</><ZH>&V4&</>
DEFINE &N& = '018'
INCLUDE FMAVC_OVERALL_MESSAGE_EXT

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FMAVC018 - Details

• The SAP error message FMAVC018 indicates that the overall budget has been exceeded for a specific document item. This error typically arises in the context of budget control within the Funds Management (FM) module of SAP. Here’s a breakdown of the cause, potential solutions, and related information:
  
  Cause:
  
  Budget Exceedance: The primary cause of this error is that the total amount of the document items exceeds the available budget for the specified fund or cost center.
  Budget Control Settings: The budget control settings may be configured to prevent any transactions that exceed the allocated budget.
  Document Items: The error message specifies that one or more document items (identified by item &1) are causing the overall budget to be exceeded by a certain amount (&2).
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Review Budget Availability:
  
  Check the budget availability for the relevant fund or cost center. You can do this by navigating to the Funds Management module and reviewing the budget status.
  Use transaction codes