How To Fix FMKU179 - Commitment item &1 is not allowed as target for balanced increase

FMKU179 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FMKU - FM budgeting, kernel utilities

• Message number: 179

• Message text: Commitment item &1 is not allowed as target for balanced increase

What causes this issue?

Commitment item &V1& is not an expenditure commitment item. This means
that is not allowed as a target for balanced increase of the budget.

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?

Choose only expenditure commitment items as the target for a balanced
budget increase.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FMKU179 - Details

• The SAP error message FMKU179 indicates that there is an issue with the commitment item being used in a financial transaction, specifically when trying to perform a balanced increase. This error typically arises in the context of budget management and financial accounting within SAP's Funds Management (FM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error message FMKU179 occurs when:
  
  Invalid Commitment Item: The commitment item specified in the transaction is not allowed for the type of transaction you are trying to perform. This could be due to configuration settings that restrict certain commitment items from being used in specific contexts.
  Budget Structure: The budget structure may not allow for increases in the specified commitment item, possibly due to budgetary controls or settings that prevent changes to certain items.
  Transaction Type Restrictions: The transaction type you are using may have restrictions on which commitment items can be used for balanced increases.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FMKU179 error, you can take the following