How To Fix UCF6172 - Minority interest for equity does not need to be adjusted

UCF6172 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UCF6 - Messages for Consolidation of Investments

• Message number: 172

• Message text: Minority interest for equity does not need to be adjusted

What causes this issue?

You have executed the <LS>Adjust Minority Interest for Equity</>
function in the <LS>Tools</> view of the consolidation workbench.
You have <ZH>not</> activated the <LS>No Calculation of Minority
Interest</> indicator in the settings for consolidation of investments
for negative stockholders' equity (globally or in the consolidation of i
nvestments method).
In this case, the automatic consolidation of investments always
calculates the minority interests based on the current group shares.
Therefore, the minority interests do not need to be adjusted.

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message UCF6172 - Minority interest for equity does not need to be adjusted ?

  The SAP error message UCF6172, which states "Minority interest for equity does not need to be adjusted," typically occurs in the context of financial consolidation processes within SAP, particularly when dealing with minority interests in consolidated financial statements.
  
  Cause:
  This error message usually arises when there is an attempt to adjust the minority interest in equity during a consolidation process, but the system determines that such an adjustment is unnecessary. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The consolidation settings or the configuration of the minority interest in the system may not be set up correctly.
  Data Entry Issues: There may be incorrect or incomplete data entries related to the minority interest or the entities involved in the consolidation.
  Business Logic: The business logic defined in the consolidation process may dictate that no adjustment is needed for the minority interest based on the current data.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the UCF6172 error, consider the following steps:
  
  
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