How To Fix GZ473 - Expense for investment disposal item not specified

GZ473 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GZ - Message class for FI-LC

• Message number: 473

• Message text: Expense for investment disposal item not specified

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GZ473 - Details

• The SAP error message GZ473, which states "Expense for investment disposal item not specified," typically occurs during the process of disposing of an asset in the Asset Accounting (FI-AA) module. This error indicates that the system requires a specific expense account to be defined for the disposal of the investment item, but it has not been provided.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The primary cause of this error is that the necessary configuration for the expense account related to the disposal of investment items has not been set up in the system.
  Incorrect Asset Master Data: The asset master record may not have the required information filled in, such as the expense account for the disposal.
  Transaction Type Issues: The transaction type used for the disposal may not be correctly configured to handle the expense posting.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the GZ473 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Asset Master Data:
  
  Go to the asset master record (transaction code AS03)