How To Fix FZ318 - G/L account & & is a reconciliation account, so cannot be posted to

FZ318 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FZ - Payment Transactions

• Message number: 318

• Message text: G/L account & & is a reconciliation account, so cannot be posted to

What causes this issue?

Postings are to be made to a G/L account that is flagged as a
reconciliation account.

System Response

The payment document is not created.

How to fix this error?

<ZH>Procedure for the system administrator</>
If the account number is correct, correct the master record of the
account. <DS:TRAN.FS02>Proceed</>. If an incorrect account number was
defined for the automatic posting, correct the allocation of the
account number for the bank posting <DS:TRAN.FBZP>Proceed</> or for
other postings such as cash discount, taxes, exchange rate differences
<DS:TRAN.FBKP>Proceed</>.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FZ318 - Details

• The SAP error message FZ318 indicates that you are trying to post a transaction to a General Ledger (G/L) account that is defined as a reconciliation account. Reconciliation accounts are special types of G/L accounts that are used to aggregate data from sub-ledgers (like accounts receivable or accounts payable) and are not meant to be posted to directly.
  
  Cause:
  
  Reconciliation Account: The G/L account you are trying to post to is set up as a reconciliation account in the system. This means it is linked to a sub-ledger (like customer or vendor accounts) and is designed to automatically reflect the balances from those sub-ledgers.
  Posting Type: The type of posting you are attempting (e.g., direct posting) is not allowed for reconciliation accounts.
  Configuration Error: There may be a configuration issue where the account is incorrectly set up or used inappropriately in the transaction.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Use the Correct Account: Instead of posting directly to the reconciliation account,