How To Fix FI_E257 - No balancing account customized for company code &1

FI_E257 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI_E - Message Class for FM English Developers

• Message number: 257

• Message text: No balancing account customized for company code &1

What causes this issue?

The Budgetary Ledger tried to split a document because the 999 line item
limit of accounting documents was exceeded. No balancing account is
customized for this process.

System Response

The posting is not allowed:

How to fix this error?

Customize a balancing account in the IMG activity
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_PSMFG_ACCTDETMN>Define Account Determination for US
Government</>. Assign a non-FM relevant commitment item to the account.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FI_E257 - Details

• The SAP error message FI_E257 "No balancing account customized for company code &1" typically occurs in the Financial Accounting (FI) module when there is an attempt to post a transaction that requires a balancing account, but no such account has been configured for the specified company code.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The most common cause of this error is that the balancing account has not been defined in the system for the specified company code. This can happen if the configuration settings for the company code are incomplete or incorrect.
  Incorrect Account Assignment: The account being used in the transaction may not be set up correctly to allow for balancing entries.
  Transaction Type: Certain transaction types may require specific balancing accounts that have not been set up.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that a balancing account is properly configured for the company code in question. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the