How To Fix FICUSTOM160 - Leading ledger &1 already contains postings

FICUSTOM160 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FICUSTOM - Customizable Messages for Funds Management

• Message number: 160

• Message text: Leading ledger &1 already contains postings

What causes this issue?

You want to activate Funds Management and have not selected the checkbox
field ?Adjust Ledger?. However, the leading ledger &V1& for general
ledger accounting already contains postings.

System Response

Once Funds Management has been activated, existing ledgers for general
ledger accounting in these clients without the ?Adjust Ledger? option
are no longer visible.

How to fix this error?

If you want to continue to use your existing ledger, you must select the
checkbox field ?Adjust Ledger?.

Procedure for System Administrators

However, if after activating Funds Management, you want to set up the
new general ledger yourself, you can set this message to a warning,
information or to be ignored in message control in Customizing.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FICUSTOM160 - Details

• The SAP error message FICUSTOM160 indicates that there is an attempt to post to a leading ledger that already contains postings. This typically occurs in the context of financial accounting when you are trying to post a document to a ledger that has already been used for previous transactions.
  
  Cause:
  
  Existing Postings: The leading ledger specified in the error message already has one or more postings. This can happen if you are trying to post a new document that references a ledger where transactions have already been recorded.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that prevent posting to a ledger that has existing entries.
  Document Type Restrictions: Certain document types may have restrictions on posting to ledgers that already contain entries.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Existing Postings: Review the leading ledger specified in the error message to see what postings already exist. You can do this by using transaction codes like FB03 (Display Document)