How To Fix FO251 - Assgt not possible; Distribution procedure active for revs incr. budget

FO251 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FO - Cross-ISPS Functions

• Message number: 251

• Message text: Assgt not possible; Distribution procedure active for revs incr. budget

What causes this issue?

You want to assign revenues FM account assignment &V1&/&V2&/&V3& to an
expenditures FM account assignment as sender for additional revenues
increasing the budget.
However, this is only possible for revenues FM account assignments,
whose rule for revenues increasing the budget specifies that budget
increase is executed using the <ZH>Call procedure</>.

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?

If you want to assign the revenues FM account assignment &V1&/&V2&/
&V3& here, you must ensure that the procedure in the rule for revenues
increasing the budget is changed from distribution procedure to call
procedure.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FO251 - Assgt not possible; Distribution procedure active for revs incr. budget ?

  The SAP error message FO251 ("Assgt not possible; Distribution procedure active for revs incr. budget") typically occurs in the context of budget management and financial accounting within SAP. This error indicates that there is an issue with the assignment of a budget when a distribution procedure is active for revenue-increasing budgets.
  
  Cause:
  
  Active Distribution Procedure: The error arises when a distribution procedure is active for the budget type you are trying to assign. This means that the system expects a specific method of distributing budget amounts, which may not be compatible with the assignment you are attempting.
  Budget Type Configuration: The budget type may be configured in such a way that it does not allow direct assignments when a distribution procedure is in place.
  Incorrect Budgeting Process: The process being followed may not align with the expected budgeting workflow defined in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Budget Type Configuration:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for budget types in