How To Fix ACE403 - No follow-up document exists for the legacy data in Accounting

ACE403 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ACE - Nachrichten zur Accrual Engine

• Message number: 403

• Message text: No follow-up document exists for the legacy data in Accounting

What causes this issue?

Accrual Engine Customizing for legacy data has been set in such a way
that Accrual Engine documents cannot be posted to Accounting. Legacy
data transfer of Accounting documents takes place in a separate step.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

This means that it is not possible to navigate from Accrual Engine
documents to the corresponding Accounting documents.

How to fix this error?

See the <DS:DE.ACE_LEGACY_TO_ACC_TRANSFER>notes</> on the "Allow
Transfer to Accounting" flag in
<DS:SIMG.FIGL_ACE_LEGACYM_DC>Customizing for legacy data transfer</>.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message ACE403 - No follow-up document exists for the legacy data in Accounting ?

  The SAP error message ACE403 ("No follow-up document exists for the legacy data in Accounting") typically occurs when there is an attempt to process or reference legacy data in the system that does not have a corresponding follow-up document. This can happen during various accounting processes, such as during the migration of legacy data into SAP or when trying to perform certain transactions that require a follow-up document.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Missing Follow-Up Document: The primary cause of this error is that the system is unable to find a follow-up document that corresponds to the legacy data being referenced. This can occur if the legacy data was not properly migrated or if the follow-up documents were not created during the migration process.
  
  
  Data Migration Issues: If the data migration from a legacy system to SAP was incomplete or incorrect, it may lead to inconsistencies in the data, resulting in this error.
  
  
  Incorrect Document Type: The document