CJ88 Cannot proceed with FUL settlement to Final asset

Question

We have a PO with WBS as account assignment. Users posted a down payment to this PO in 12/2010 and when they ran the settlement Type 1 (Automatic) it posted a DP posting to the AUC transaction type 180.
In Standard SAP transaction, this will get reversed if the users post the invoice and executes CJ88 again.
Now, our problem is that, the invoice was not posted until now, and the DP is still open in the AUC. THey want to do  settlement to the final asset but is getting an error CJ88 type 3 (FULL)
*ORIGINAL Error:* You cannot post comp. retirement for asset 102000121 0 with this trans.type
Message no. AA341
Diagnosis
A down payment was posted to asset 102000121 0. In depreciation area 01, if not elsewhere, all down payments were not cleared.
Procedure
Before posting a complete retirement on this asset, you have to first clear the down payment in all depreciation areas.
FY 2010 is now closed in asset. I tried posting an ofsetting entry for the DP on FY2011. I used ttype 181. I tried to re-setlle type 3 (FULL) but now, the error message refers to Area 32
*AFTER POSTING TTYPE 181:*You cannot post comp.retirement for asset 102000121 0 with this trans.type
Message no. AA341
Diagnosis
A down payment was posted to asset 102000121 0. In depreciation area 32, if not elsewhere, all down payments were not cleared.
Procedure
Before posting a complete retirement on this asset, you have to first clear the down payment in all depreciation areas.
Our Dep area 32 is configured to take values from 01 but reflect it in USD and it is set to AREA NOT POST.
Does anyone have any thoughts why the system is checking area 32 if its deriving values from 01?
Additionally, how can i clear the DP in 2010, with a posting in 2011 and be able to execute the settlement to final asset.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
Please review the note 35309.                                                                               
As the long text of the error suggests, the cause for this error is  most likely down to downpayments which are not yet settled.                                                                               
In general the settled down-payments and their clearings should be balanced to ZERO in the settlements.
In investment measures with summary settlement you will always get  the error AA341, if the down-payment balance is not zero.
Regards Bernhard