How To Fix VF877 - Documents with this approval status cannot be invoiced.

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VF - Billing

• Message number: 877

• Message text: Documents with this approval status cannot be invoiced.

What causes this issue?

You tried to create a billing document for a preliminary billing
document with approval status <LS>In Approval</>, <LS>Rejected<(>,<)></>
or <LS>To Be Reworked</>. However, you can only create billing documents
for preliminary billing documents with approval status <LS>Not Relevant
</>or <LS>Released</>.

System Response

No billing document is created.

How to fix this error?

Because this preliminary billing document is relevant for the approval
workflow, you can only create the billing document after an approver has
changed the approval status to <LS>Released</>.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

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