How To Fix FINS_CO_ICO003 - Employee is missing for travel expense posting to project

FINS_CO_ICO003 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FINS_CO_ICO - Intercompany processes

• Message number: 003

• Message text: Employee is missing for travel expense posting to project

What causes this issue?

You are posting a supplier invoice to a project with a document type
that is customized for a travel expense posting.
This document type triggers a specific posting logic, where the expenses
are first posted to the cost center of the employee.
Within the same transaction, there is an additional automatic reposting
of the expenses from the cost center to the project task (WBS element).
If the project is assigned to a different company, this is a
cross-company reposting.
This posting logic requires the employee to be specified in the supplier
invoice.

System Response

The supplier invoice cannot be posted.

How to fix this error?

Specify the employee or choose a different document type.

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.

FINS_CO_ICO003 - Details

• The SAP error message FINS_CO_ICO003 indicates that there is an issue with the employee data when trying to post travel expenses to a project. Specifically, it means that the system cannot find the employee information required for the posting.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Employee Master Data: The employee for whom the travel expenses are being posted may not have been set up correctly in the system. This could mean that the employee does not exist in the relevant organizational unit or that their master data is incomplete.
  Incorrect Assignment: The employee may not be assigned to the project or the project may not be linked to the employee's cost center.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the employee's data, such as missing or incorrect information in the employee's profile or in the project assignment.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to post expenses for the specified employee.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Employee Master Data:
  
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