How To Fix FICA_COLIABILITY_ARC003 - Deletion indicator not set for Co-Liability &1. FICA documents exist.

FICA_COLIABILITY_ARC003 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FICA_COLIABILITY_ARC - Co-Liability Archiving

• Message number: 003

• Message text: Deletion indicator not set for Co-Liability &1. FICA documents exist.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FICA_COLIABILITY_ARC003 - Deletion indicator not set for Co-Liability &1. FICA documents exist. ?

  The SAP error message FICA_COLIABILITY_ARC003 indicates that there is an issue with the deletion of a co-liability record in the Financial Contract Accounting (FICA) module. Specifically, it means that the deletion indicator has not been set for the co-liability record, and there are existing FICA documents associated with it.
  
  Cause:
  
  Deletion Indicator Not Set: The primary cause of this error is that the deletion indicator for the co-liability record has not been activated. In SAP, the deletion indicator is a flag that marks records for deletion.
  Existing FICA Documents: The presence of existing FICA documents linked to the co-liability record prevents its deletion. SAP enforces data integrity, and if there are related documents, the system will not allow the deletion of the co-liability record.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check for Existing Documents:
  
  Use transaction codes like FBL5N (Customer Line Item Display) or FBL1N (Vendor Line Item Display) to check if there