SAP Note 16479 - GI251:Local chart/accts &,P+L acct type & n.supprtd

Symptom:

Posting to a prior period in the previous year. Posting to a P+L account. An automatic balance carried forward is made by the system.
Error message:
GI 251 Local chart of accounts & , profit and loss account type & not supportedCause and prerequisites

a) If the profit and loss account type (income statement account type) is empty in the error message,
that is, if no profit and loss account type is specified, then a program error is most probably present in MM.

A program correction has to be made. This is described in Note 33666.

b) If the profit and loss account type (income statement account type) is given in the error message, then the retained earnings account for this profit and loss account type was not maintained by the customer.

Solution

a) Emergency solution:

Include an entry with income statement account type = blank in table T030, balance sheet, BIL process and allocate the retained earnings account to which the P+L accounts are to be carried forward. (Transaction /nOB53)
This means, however, that it is no longer possible to carry forward different income statement account types to different retained earnings accounts.
This problem is corrected as of Release 3.0D. An advance correction is described in Note 33666.

b)

Maintain the retained earnings account for the given income statement account (similar to solution under point a) ).

Additional key words

Automatic balance carried forward