How To Fix VF878 - Documents with this approval status cannot be rejected.

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VF - Billing

• Message number: 878

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

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

The preliminary billing document status remains unchanged.

How to fix this error?

Because this document is relevant for the approval workflow, you can
only reject it after an approver has changed the approval status to
<LS>Rejected</> or <LS>To Be Reworked</>. You can also change it if you
withdraw it from the approval workflow first.
Alternatively, you can also change it if you choose to rework the
document in the <LS>Change Preliminary Billing Documents </>app.

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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