How To Fix FM_DC006 - Document chain not activated for &1. Customizing may be incomplete.

FM_DC006 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FM_DC - Messages for document chain report

• Message number: 006

• Message text: Document chain not activated for &1. Customizing may be incomplete.

What causes this issue?

The Document Chain Display supports customer enhancements to fill gaps
in the construction of the chain. Through enhancement implementations,
the customer can provide additional methods of finding successor and/or
predecessor documents; modify the information displayed for a document;
and provide additional ledger views if required.
The Document Chain Display is made available to individual reports by
this activation step in order to ensure that customers have reviewed the
ability of the document chain to correctly address their business
processes and have done any necessary customizing.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FM_DC006 - Document chain not activated for &1. Customizing may be incomplete. ?

  The SAP error message FM_DC006 ("Document chain not activated for &1. Customizing may be incomplete.") typically occurs in the context of document management and workflow processes within SAP. This error indicates that the system is unable to find an active document chain for the specified object (represented by &1), which is necessary for processing documents in a specific workflow or business process.
  
  Cause:
  
  Document Chain Not Activated: The primary cause of this error is that the document chain for the specified object type has not been activated in the system.
  Incomplete Customizing: The customizing settings for document management may not be fully configured, leading to the absence of the required document chain.
  Missing Configuration: The necessary configuration for the document chain might be missing or incorrectly set up in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FM_DC006 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Document Chain Activation:
  
  Go to the transaction code SPRO to access the SAP Customizing Implementation