Top 10 cost centers by expenses... question??

Hi,
I have a question about the report "top 10 cost centers by expenses", in my environment this report shows a negatives values in some Cost Centers in the column "Transactions Amount", What is the explanation of this negative value??
Thanks a lot,
René

I forgot, the information of my enviroment are:
BIAPPS : 7.9.6.3
EBS: 12.1.3
OBIEE: 11.1.1.5.0
Regards,

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In my knowledge, it is not configuration issue. Write validation for this. At the time of posting of Non operating expenses, you have to select non operating cost centers. If you select other cost center system will prompt error message according to your validation.
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