How To Fix FINS_ACDOC_CUST047 - Please assign company codes to ledgers

FINS_ACDOC_CUST047 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FINS_ACDOC_CUST - Unified Journal Entry - Customizing

• Message number: 047

• Message text: Please assign company codes to ledgers

What causes this issue?

No company code has been assigned to any ledger.

System Response

The consistency of the customizing settings in General Ledger can't be
checked because of the missing assignment of company codes to ledgers.

How to fix this error?

In case this system is a new installation, you probably didn't copy the
SAP standard customizing from client 000 into the current client. Please
copy the content of customizing table FINSC_LD_CMP from client 000.
In case you are migrating to S/4HANA, the migration is not complete.
Please make sure to do
<DS:SIMG.FINS_MIG_LEDGER_CUST>migration of the ledger settings in the
General Ledger</>.

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.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FINS_ACDOC_CUST047 - Please assign company codes to ledgers ?

  The SAP error message FINS_ACDOC_CUST047 indicates that there is a configuration issue where company codes have not been assigned to the ledgers in the system. This is a common issue that can arise during the configuration of Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules, particularly when setting up the New General Ledger (New GL) functionality.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs because the system requires that each company code must be assigned to at least one ledger. If this assignment is missing, the system cannot process transactions correctly, leading to this error message.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you need to assign the relevant company codes to the appropriate ledgers. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Configuration Menu:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object) > SAP Reference IMG.
  
  
  
  Find the Ledger Assignment:
  
  Follow the path: Financial Accounting (New) > General Ledger Accounting (New) > Master Data > Ledgers > Define