How To Fix VF879 - Documents with this approval status cannot be set to "In Progress ".

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VF - Billing

• Message number: 879

• Message text: Documents with this approval status cannot be set to "In Progress ".

What causes this issue?

You tried to set a preliminary billing document that is relevant for the
approval workflow to <LS>In Progress</>. However, you can only set
preliminary billing documents with approval status <LS>Not Relevant
</>to <LS>In Progress.</>

System Response

The preliminary billing document status remains unchanged.

How to fix this error?

Because this document is relevant for the approval workflow, you cannot
set it to <LS>In Progress </>unless you withdraw it from the approval
workflow by choosing 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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