How To Fix BA473 - There are incomplete archiving sessions with unstored files

BA473 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BA - Data Archiving

• Message number: 473

• Message text: There are incomplete archiving sessions with unstored files

What causes this issue?

According to the settings in Customizing for the archiving object &V1&,
storage has to take place before the delete phase. This means that
incomplete but not stored files (for example, archive file &V2&) are not
among the files suggested during file selection for deletion.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

To be able to schedule these kinds of files, they have to be stored
first. If you don?t want to do this, you can change the sequence
settings in Customizing (to ?Delete before Storage?).

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message BA473 - There are incomplete archiving sessions with unstored files ?

  The SAP error message BA473 indicates that there are incomplete archiving sessions that contain unstored files. This typically occurs when an archiving process has not been completed successfully, leaving some files in a state where they have not been fully processed or stored in the archive.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incomplete Archiving Sessions: The archiving process may have been interrupted or failed, leading to incomplete sessions.
  File System Issues: Problems with the file system where the archive files are stored can prevent the successful completion of the archiving process.
  
  Configuration Issues: Incorrect configuration settings in the archiving process can lead to incomplete sessions.
  Insufficient Authorizations: Lack of necessary authorizations for the user executing the archiving process can also result in incomplete sessions.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the BA473 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Archiving Sessions:
  
  Use transaction code SARA to check the status of archiving sessions.
  Look for any sessions that are marked as incomplete.
  
  
  
  Complete or Delete Incomplete Sessions:
  
  If you find incomplete