How To Fix FARC004 - There is nothing to compress. (&1 entries would have contributed).

FARC004 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FARC - Archiving FI Objects

• Message number: 004

• Message text: There is nothing to compress. (&1 entries would have contributed).

What causes this issue?

The number of aggregated entries would be equal to the number of
non-aggregated entries and would therefore be the same. For this reason,
the original entries are retained.

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FARC004 - Details

• The SAP error message FARC004 ("There is nothing to compress. (&1 entries would have contributed).") typically occurs in the context of the SAP Financial Accounting (FI) module, particularly when dealing with the archiving or compression of financial documents. This message indicates that the system attempted to compress or archive financial documents, but there were no entries available for compression.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  No Eligible Entries: The primary cause of this error is that there are no financial documents that meet the criteria for compression or archiving. This could be due to:
  
  All relevant documents have already been compressed or archived.
  The selection criteria used for the compression process do not match any existing documents.
  The documents may have already been processed in a previous run.
  
  
  
  Incorrect Selection Criteria: If the selection criteria (such as date ranges, document types, etc.) are too restrictive, it may lead to no documents being found for compression.
  
  
  System Configuration: There may be issues with