How To Fix PSZ1027 - The +/- sign before the amount in commitment item &1 is incorrect

PSZ1027 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PSZ1 - PS Payment Planning: Function Group KPP_PSZ

• Message number: 027

• Message text: The +/- sign before the amount in commitment item &1 is incorrect

What causes this issue?

Commitment item &V1& has no +/- sign or has the wrong one.

System Response

The system accepts the entry, but the display in reporting is
incorrect.

How can this happen?

You have planned an expenditure item without a minus sign. This causes
the system to subtract the value entered from the expenditures planned
correctly.
The display in reporting looks like this.
The expenditure value is reduced.
The revenue value does not change.
The system allocates the expenditure item as a positive value, but the
item does not appear as a revenue in reporting.

How to fix this error?

Enter the correct sign for the commitment item:
Expenditure item,,, -,, Minus sign (-)
Revenue item,,, -,, Plus sign (+)

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PSZ1027 - The +/- sign before the amount in commitment item &1 is incorrect ?

  The SAP error message PSZ1027 indicates that there is an issue with the sign of the amount in a commitment item. This error typically arises in the context of budget management or commitment accounting within SAP, particularly in the Public Sector Management (PSM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error message PSZ1027 occurs when the system detects that the sign of the amount entered for a commitment item is incorrect. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  Incorrect Data Entry: The user may have mistakenly entered a positive amount when a negative amount was expected, or vice versa.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a configuration issue in the commitment item settings that defines how amounts should be treated (debit vs. credit).
  Business Logic: The business rules defined for the specific commitment item may require a specific sign for the amounts, and the entered amount does not comply with these rules.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the PSZ1027 error, you can take the