How To Fix FMCAOI004 - System &1: Documents without contract object are deleted

FMCAOI004 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FMCAOI - Public Sector Enhancement for Output Interface BP Relation.

• Message number: 004

• Message text: System &1: Documents without contract object are deleted

What causes this issue?

You have defined a transfer at contract level for system &V1& in the
settings for the target systems, and also defined that triggers for
documents without a contract (for example, for payments on accounts
without a contract) should not be deleted in general.
However, you have not maintained an entry that would permit a trigger
without a contract in the Customizing settings for filtering using
contract account category and contract account. As a result of this,
trigger entries without a contract are always deleted. When the trigger
entries of corresponding documents are transferred, no documents with an
empty contract are transferred.

System Response

The system issues a warning.

How to fix this error?

Check the Customizing settings.
If you want to transfer documents without a contract to the external
system &V1&, maintain either an entry with contract account type 'space'
or the generic contract object type '*'. Note that an entry with the
generic contract account type '*' ensures that documents with each
contract account type are reported to the external system.

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.

FMCAOI004 - Details

• The SAP error message FMCAOI004 indicates that there are documents in the system that do not have an associated contract object, and as a result, they are being deleted. This message typically arises in the context of the Funds Management (FM) module, where documents must be linked to specific contract objects for proper tracking and management.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Contract Object: The primary cause of this error is that certain financial documents (like purchase orders, invoices, etc.) are not linked to any contract object in the system. This can happen due to data entry errors, incomplete document processing, or system configuration issues.
  Data Integrity Issues: If the system has been configured to enforce strict data integrity rules, any document that does not meet these criteria (i.e., lacking a contract object) may be flagged for deletion.
  System Configuration: The configuration settings in the Funds Management module may be set to automatically delete documents that do not