How To Fix F9615 - There are secondary index lives that are not maintained

F9615 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 615

• Message text: There are secondary index lives that are not maintained

What causes this issue?

A secondary index life has not been defined for several entries.
Note that the secondary index life must be a positive number which
defines the minimum residence of the data for the line item display of
a document in the database for this account. The life is measured in
days and must be at least as long as 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?

Check the secondary index lives and change them accordingly.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message F9615 - There are secondary index lives that are not maintained ?

  The SAP error message F9615, which states "There are secondary index lives that are not maintained," typically occurs in the context of financial accounting and is related to the management of secondary indexes in the database. This error indicates that there are secondary indexes that have not been properly maintained or updated, which can lead to inconsistencies in data retrieval and reporting.
  
  Cause:
  
  Data Inconsistency: The secondary indexes may not have been updated after changes were made to the underlying data, leading to discrepancies.
  Database Issues: There may be issues with the database itself, such as corruption or misconfiguration.
  Configuration Errors: Incorrect configuration settings in the SAP system can lead to the failure of index maintenance jobs.
  Missing Maintenance Jobs: Scheduled jobs that are supposed to maintain these indexes may not have run successfully.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Run Index Maintenance: You can manually trigger the maintenance of the secondary indexes. This can typically be done through transaction codes like