How To Fix FICUSTOM050 - Deleting account derivation records could lead to reconciliation errors

FICUSTOM050 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FICUSTOM - Customizable Messages for Funds Management

• Message number: 050

• Message text: Deleting account derivation records could lead to reconciliation errors

What causes this issue?

You are using Funds Management integrated with the budgetary ledger
with account derivation for the US Federal Government.
Due to reconciliation issues, it is strongly recommended that you do
not delete records once postings to this account have taken place. If
no posting has been made to this budgetary ledger customized account,
you can delete the record without consequence.
However, when implementing or testing this function, you may need to
delete the record anyway.
Since this is a customizable error message, you are able to change the
status of the error from 'E' to 'W'.

System Response

You cannot delete this record due to reconciliation inconsistency
problems.

How to fix this error?

If you need to delete this record in spite of the potential
consequences, change the message control of this customizable error
message (application area 'FICUSTOM', message number 050).

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.

FICUSTOM050 - Details

• The SAP error message FICUSTOM050 indicates that there is a potential issue with deleting account derivation records in the Financial Accounting (FI) module. This error is a warning that deleting these records could lead to reconciliation errors, which can affect the integrity of financial reporting and data consistency.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error message is that the account derivation records are used to determine how financial transactions are posted to the general ledger. If these records are deleted, it may disrupt the mapping of transactions to the correct accounts, leading to discrepancies in financial reports and reconciliation processes. This is particularly critical in scenarios where historical data relies on these derivation rules.
  
  Solution:
  To address this error, consider the following steps:
  
  
  Review Dependencies: Before deleting any account derivation records, review the dependencies and the impact on existing transactions. Ensure that there are no active transactions that rely on these records.
  
  
  Backup Data: Always create