How To Fix WB2B179 - Expense documents exist for document &1. Deletion not possible

WB2B179 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WB2B - Trading Contract

• Message number: 179

• Message text: Expense documents exist for document &1. Deletion not possible

What causes this issue?

Expense documents (supplier billing documents) already exist for this
document. This can be seen in the document flow.

System Response

The system does not delete the document.

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WB2B179 - Expense documents exist for document &1. Deletion not possible ?

  The SAP error message WB2B179 indicates that there are expense documents associated with a specific document (denoted by &1) that prevent its deletion. This typically occurs in the context of financial documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, or other transactional records that have linked expense entries.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the document you are trying to delete has related expense documents that are still active or have not been processed completely. These related documents could be expense reports, invoices, or other financial entries that reference the document in question.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify Related Documents:
  
  Use transaction codes like FB03 (Display Document) or FBV3 (Display Parked Document) to view the document in question and check for any related expense documents.
  You can also use transaction SE16N to query the relevant tables (like BKPF for accounting documents) to find linked entries.
  
  
  
  Review Expense Documents:
  
  Once you identify the