How To Fix F9612 - Maintain a secondary index life

F9612 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F9 - Messages from all FI Archiving and Deletion Programs

• Message number: 612

• Message text: Maintain a secondary index life

What causes this issue?

You did not define a secondary index life, or the value you specified
is not allowed.
The secondary index life must be a positive number that defines the
minimum retention of data used in displaying document line items in the
database for this account. The index life is specified in days and must
be equal to or greater than the account life.

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?

Maintain the value according to the instructions above.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message F9612 - Maintain a secondary index life ?

  The SAP error message F9612, "Maintain a secondary index life," typically occurs in the context of financial accounting and controlling modules when there is an issue with the configuration of secondary indexes in the system. This error indicates that the system requires a secondary index to be maintained for certain financial documents or transactions, but it has not been properly set up.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Secondary Index: The primary cause of this error is that the required secondary index for a specific financial document type or transaction is not maintained in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings related to financial accounting or controlling that prevent the proper maintenance of secondary indexes.
  Data Inconsistencies: In some cases, inconsistencies in the data or missing entries in the relevant tables can lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the F9612 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG)