SAP Message RE133 - Positive overall amount not allowed

Diagnosis
The error message can have the following causes:

  • You have entered a positvie amount. However, this is not possible since
  • it is defined for the document that only negative amounts may beentered.
    • You are processing Earmarked funds that is
    • subject to an approval procedure and want to return to the budget anamount that is greater than the already approved amount.
      • You are processing a Value
      • adjustment document and would like to enter a value reduction whoseamount is greater than the (approved) item amount of the earmarkedfunds which refers to the value adjustment.

        Procedure
        If you want to enter positive amounts, you have to choose anappropriate document type.
        Otherwise check the amount entered.