Error message:

“Account ‘Acquisition from affiliated company’ could not be found for area 01″

Message no.: AU133

 Analysis 

The above error message occured during posting of intercompany asset transfer through transaction code ‘ABT1N‘.

Path: SAP Easy Access  Menu → Accounting → Financial Accounting → Fixed Assets → Posting → Transfer →  Intercompany Asset Transfer .

Transaction Code: ABT1N

Diagnosis

When Creating the accounting document, the system could not find account ‘Aquisition from affiliated company’ in depreciation area 01 for company code BP01.

Procedure

To resolve the error message above, you need to enter g/l account clearing in the account determination for Asset Accounting. Here’s the path to maintain the account determination for “Acquisition from affiliated company’.

Path: IMG → Financial Accounting → Asset Accounting → Integration with the General Ledger → Assign G/L Accounts.

Transaction Code: AO90

Assign the clearing g/l account in the highlighted field.

Important note:

Assign a g/l account account that is not defined as reconciliation account. Otherwise, you’ll encounter error message during savings; “Account INT-160600 not allowed to be defined as reconciliation account“