How To Fix GI253 - Ledger &, chart of accts. &, P&L type & : No entry available

GI253 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GI - FI-SL update

• Message number: 253

• Message text: Ledger &, chart of accts. &, P&L type & : No entry available

What causes this issue?

You are carrying out a posting in a previous year. This involves both
making a posting to ledger &V1& and automatically carrying forward the
balance for this ledger.
Profit and loss accounts are now carried forward to a retained earnings
account which you can assign per chart of accounts and income statement
type (in Customizing).
In Customizing, you assigned the chart of accounts &V2& to this ledger
(at ledger/company level). The income statement account type of the
account of the current line item is &V3&. This means that to determine
the retained earnings account, the system searches for the entry: Chart
of accounts &V2&, income statement account type &V3&. This entry does
not however exist.

System Response

Posting is terminated.

How to fix this error?

Assign a retained earnings account for chart of accounts &V2& and
income statement account type &V3&:
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Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GI253 - Details

• The SAP error message GI253 typically indicates that there is no available entry in the specified ledger, chart of accounts, and profit and loss (P&L) type for the given criteria. This error can occur in various scenarios, such as when trying to generate reports, perform postings, or analyze financial data.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  No Data Exists: The most common cause is that there are no entries in the specified ledger for the given chart of accounts and P&L type. This could be due to:
  
  No transactions have been posted for the specified period.
  The data has not been properly transferred or updated in the system.
  
  
  
  Incorrect Selection Criteria: The selection criteria used in the report or transaction may not match any existing entries. This could include:
  
  Incorrect date range.
  Wrong ledger or chart of accounts selected.
  Incorrect P&L type specified.
  
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration issues in the financial accounting module that prevent the system from recognizing the entries.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Data