How To Fix FMFG828 - For ALC &1, Reporter Cat. &2 is not allowed for Business Act. Type &3

FMFG828 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FMFG - U.S. Federal Government Message Class

• Message number: 828

• Message text: For ALC &1, Reporter Cat. &2 is not allowed for Business Act. Type &3

What causes this issue?

A Reporter Category can only be a subset of the Business Activity Type.
It can specify no system, fewer systems or the same systems at the
Business Activity Type. It cannot specify a system that is not included
in the Business Activity Type.

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.

FMFG828 - Details

• The SAP error message FMFG828 typically relates to issues with the configuration of the reporting categories in the context of the Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) module. This error indicates that a specific reporter category is not allowed for a given business activity type.
  
  Cause:
  The error message FMFG828 is triggered when:
  
  The reporter category specified in the transaction does not match the allowed categories for the specified business activity type.
  There may be a configuration issue in the system where the mapping between reporter categories and business activity types is not correctly set up.
  The business activity type may not be configured to accept the specified reporter category in the system settings.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FMFG828 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for Asset Accounting (FI-AA) or Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) in your SAP system.
  Verify the allowed reporter categories for the specified business activity type. This can usually be found