How To Fix FINS_ML_MIG085 - Valuation Area & already has & entries in table MLDOC_EXTRACT. (&)

FINS_ML_MIG085 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FINS_ML_MIG - Messages for S/4HANA Material Ledger Migration

• Message number: 085

• Message text: Valuation Area & already has & entries in table MLDOC_EXTRACT. (&)

What causes this issue?

You try to set live Material Ledger Actual Costing e.g. via report
FCML4H_STARTUP, but there are already entries in table MLDOC_EXTRACT.

System Response

To avoid inconsistencies, system does not allow to create additional
entries in tables MLDOC, MLDOC_ECTRACT, MLDOCCCS or MLDOCCCS_EXTRACT out
of outdated Material Ledger tables, like table MLCD.

How to fix this error?

It needs to be clarified, why there are already entries in these tables.
Report FCML4H_STARTUP should be executed only once, directly after
'Activate Actual Costing'.
It needs to be clarified if table MLDOC, which is needed for creation of
entries in MLDOC-tables still contains all relevant data.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FINS_ML_MIG085 - Valuation Area & already has & entries in table MLDOC_EXTRACT. (&) ?

  The SAP error message FINS_ML_MIG085 indicates that the valuation area specified in the message already has entries in the table MLDOC_EXTRACT. This typically occurs during the migration or data extraction process related to Material Ledger (ML) in SAP S/4HANA.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when you attempt to perform a migration or data extraction for a valuation area that already contains entries in the MLDOC_EXTRACT table. This situation can occur if:
  
  The migration process was previously executed for the same valuation area.
  There are leftover entries from a previous migration attempt that were not cleared.
  The system is trying to reprocess data that has already been processed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Entries:
  
  Use transaction code SE16N or SE11 to view the contents of the MLDOC_EXTRACT table.
  Check for any existing entries related to the valuation area mentioned in the error message.
  
  
  
  Delete Existing Entries:
  
  If you confirm that the entries in the MLDOC_EXTRACT table