How To Fix UCF6070 - Equity method posting: Item &1 (neg. invest.BV) occurs more than once

UCF6070 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UCF6 - Messages for Consolidation of Investments

• Message number: 070

• Message text: Equity method posting: Item &1 (neg. invest.BV) occurs more than once

What causes this issue?

The item for the negative investment book value (which you specify
under "Equity Method Posting" in the detail screen for each scope of
reported data) must be unique for each scope of reported data. Thus,
any given item for the negative investment book value must occur only
once in all of the scopes of reported data.
You specified item &V1&, which exists in multiple scopes of reported
data.

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?

Check the consistency of the customizing settings for "Equity Method
Posting" across all scopes of reported data.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message UCF6070 - Equity method posting: Item &1 (neg. invest.BV) occurs more than once ?

  The SAP error message UCF6070, which states "Equity method posting: Item &1 (neg. invest.BV) occurs more than once," typically arises in the context of financial accounting, particularly when dealing with equity method investments. This error indicates that there is a duplicate entry for a negative investment book value (BV) for a specific item in the equity method posting.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entries: The most common cause of this error is that the same investment item has been posted multiple times with a negative book value. This can happen due to incorrect manual entries or issues in the data import process.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be configuration issues in the equity method settings that allow for duplicate postings.
  Data Integrity Issues: There could be underlying data integrity issues in the database that lead to the same item being processed multiple times.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check for Duplicates: Review the postings related to the specific investment item (indicated by &1 in