How To Fix G00506 - Incidental costs must not be recorded as absolutes and percentages

G00506 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G00 - SAP Consolidation

• Message number: 506

• Message text: Incidental costs must not be recorded as absolutes and percentages

What causes this issue?

You specified incidental acquisition costs both as an absolute value
and as a percentage of the value of goods supplied. Only one of these
quantities can be processed.

System Response

Processing terminated

How to fix this error?

Specify either an absolute value or a percentage value for incidental
acquisition costs.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message G00506 - Incidental costs must not be recorded as absolutes and percentages ?

  The SAP error message G00506, which states "Incidental costs must not be recorded as absolutes and percentages," typically occurs in the context of financial transactions or cost accounting within the SAP system. This error is related to the way incidental costs (such as overheads or additional charges) are being recorded in a transaction.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The system is configured to expect incidental costs to be entered in a specific format (either as absolute values or as percentages), but the input does not conform to this expectation.
  Data Entry Error: Users may have mistakenly entered incidental costs in both absolute and percentage formats simultaneously, which is not allowed.
  Transaction Type: Certain transaction types may have specific rules regarding how incidental costs should be recorded, leading to this error if those rules are violated.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Review Input Values: Check the values entered for incidental costs in the transaction. Ensure that you are entering them either as absolute