How To Fix G00261 - All accounts were created with account group &1

G00261 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G00 - SAP Consolidation

• Message number: 261

• Message text: All accounts were created with account group &1

What causes this issue?

<DS:GLOS.account_group>Account group</> <ZH>&V1&</> was allocated to
the <DS:GLOS.account>accounts</> in <DS:GLOS.chart_of_accounts>chart of
accounts</> <ZH>&V2&</>, which were created during the transfer of
<DS:GLOS.consolidation_chart_of_accounts>consolidation chart of
accounts</> <ZH>&V3&</>.

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?

Change the allocation for those accounts that should not belong to
account group <ZH>&V1&</> via master data maintenance in General Ledger
Accounting.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

G00261 - Details

• The SAP error message G00261 indicates that all accounts were created with a specific account group, which may not be appropriate for the transaction or operation you are trying to perform. This error typically arises in the context of financial accounting or controlling when dealing with account master data.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  You are trying to perform an operation that requires accounts from a different account group, but all the accounts in the selection belong to the same account group (denoted by &1).
  The system expects a mix of accounts from different account groups for the operation to proceed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Account Groups: Verify the account groups of the accounts you are trying to use. You can do this by navigating to the account master data in SAP and checking the account group assigned to each account.
  
  
  Create or Use Different Account Groups: If the operation