Diagnosis
In the system utilization for consolidation of investments, you haveselected the Partial Divestiture as Equity Transaction checkbox.
In this case, you must also activate the valuation allowance proceduresDirect Elimination of Goodwill (for positive goodwill) and Direct Writeoff of Negative Goodwill. Otherwise, the system cannotpost investment-changing activities as equity transactions.

Procedure
Adjust the Customizing settings for the system utilization forconsolidation of investments as described above.