How To Fix UCF6788 - Neg. investment not allowed: Reported invest. posted to income statement

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UCF6 - Messages for Consolidation of Investments

• Message number: 788

• Message text: Neg. investment not allowed: Reported invest. posted to income statement

What causes this issue?

You have <ZH>not</> activated the <LS>Negative Investments Allowed</>
function in the settings for consolidation of investments.
The cumulative value of the investment of consolidation unit &V1& in
investee unit &V2& would be negative as a result of the investment book
value reported in the &V3& activity. To avoid this, the negative share
is posted to the <LS>Negative Investment Book Value</> statistical item
for a scope of reported data for the equity method.
In the settings for consolidation of investments, you have only
maintained scopes of reported data for the equity method that are re
levant for the income statement.

System Response

The system posts the negative share of the reported investment book
value to the scope of reported data that is relevant for the income
statement, &V4&.

How to fix this error?

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

Procedure for System Administrators

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