How To Fix WS229 - Balance exists at document item level. Check entries

WS229 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 229

• Message text: Balance exists at document item level. Check entries

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WS229 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  WS229 - Balance exists at document item level. Check entries
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to post or clear a document in Financial Accounting (FI) or Asset Accounting (AA), and the system detects that the document items are not balanced at the item level. In other words, the debit and credit amounts for the individual line items do not match, causing an imbalance.
  This typically happens in scenarios such as:
  
  Attempting to clear or post a document where the sum of debits and credits at the item level is not equal.
  Partial postings or adjustments where the system expects balanced entries but finds discrepancies.
  Issues in asset transactions where the asset line items are not balanced.
  Data inconsistencies or incorrect manual entries in the document.
  
  
  Explanation:
  In SAP FI, every accounting document must be balanced at the header level (total debits = total credits). However, in some cases, especially in asset accounting or clearing transactions,