How To Fix G9162 - No archiving possible: FI document archiving has to executed first

G9162 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: G9 - Joint-Venture-Archiving

• Message number: 162

• Message text: No archiving possible: FI document archiving has to executed first

What causes this issue?

The system checked the documents to be archived via the actual
selections:
At least &V1& JVA documents to be archived exist which are linked to
corresponding FI-documents which are still existing on the database.
The maximum number of JVA-documents which can be excluded dynamically
from the program is &V2& which exceeded.
The previous mentioned documents have to be archived first via the
respective FI document archiving tools.

System Response

No archiving takes place. No archives are created.

How to fix this error?

Please check your selections or archive the corresponding Fi documents.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message G9162 - No archiving possible: FI document archiving has to executed first ?

  The SAP error message G9162 indicates that the archiving process for Financial Accounting (FI) documents must be completed before you can proceed with the archiving of other related documents. This error typically arises when you attempt to archive documents that are dependent on FI documents that have not yet been archived.
  
  Cause:
  
  Unarchived FI Documents: The primary cause of this error is that there are still FI documents in the system that need to be archived. The archiving process for certain documents is dependent on the successful archiving of FI documents.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the archiving object that require FI documents to be archived first.
  Dependencies: Other documents or processes may have dependencies on the FI documents, preventing their archiving.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the G9162 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check for Unarchived FI Documents:
  
  Use transaction code SARA to access the archiving administration.
  Check the status of the FI document archiving object (usually FI_DOC).
  Identify