How To Fix FR804 - No documents exist for given selection criteria

FR804 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FR - Messages for FI Reporting

• Message number: 804

• Message text: No documents exist for given selection criteria

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FR804 - Details

• The SAP error message FR804 ("No documents exist for given selection criteria") typically occurs when you are trying to retrieve or display documents in the system, but the selection criteria you have provided do not match any existing documents. This can happen in various SAP modules, such as Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), or others where document retrieval is necessary.
  Causes:
  
  Incorrect Selection Criteria: The most common cause is that the selection criteria (such as date range, document type, company code, etc.) are set incorrectly, leading to no matching documents.
  No Data Available: There may simply be no documents that meet the specified criteria in the database.
  Authorization Issues: Sometimes, the user may not have the necessary authorizations to view certain documents, which can lead to this error.
  Data Archiving: If documents have been archived, they may not be available for retrieval under the current selection criteria.
  Incorrect Document Status: The documents you are trying to