How To Fix FO234 - The expenditure acct asst is subject to cover in a cover relationship

FO234 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FO - Cross-ISPS Functions

• Message number: 234

• Message text: The expenditure acct asst is subject to cover in a cover relationship

What causes this issue?

An expenditure account assignment cannot be allowed as receiver of
multiple revenues if it is already eligible for cover in another
cover relationship.

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?

Choose another expenditure account assignment.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FO234 - The expenditure acct asst is subject to cover in a cover relationship ?

  The SAP error message FO234 indicates that there is an issue with the expenditure account assignment in a cover relationship. This typically occurs in the context of Asset Accounting (FI-AA) when you are trying to post a transaction that involves an asset and its related expenditure accounts.
  
  Cause:
  The error message FO234 usually arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  
  Cover Relationship Configuration: The expenditure account is not properly configured in the cover relationship settings. This means that the system does not recognize the account as being eligible for cover.
  
  
  Account Assignment Issues: The account assignment for the expenditure account may not be set up correctly in the asset master data or in the configuration settings.
  
  
  Missing or Incorrect Settings: There may be missing or incorrect settings in the configuration of the asset accounting module, particularly related to the cover relationships.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FO234 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Cover Relationship Configuration:
  
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