FI G/L master
G/L account does not exist in chart of accounts
Financial posting fails because the entered or derived G/L account is not defined in the chart of accounts.
Quick answer
- Most likely cause
- The wrong G/L account number was entered or mapped.
- Check first
- Company code and assigned chart of accounts.
- First resolution step
- Confirm the intended G/L account with Finance.
Likely root causes
- The wrong G/L account number was entered or mapped.
- The account exists in another chart of accounts but not the one assigned to this company code.
- Configuration references an account that was never transported/created.
What to inspect
- Company code and assigned chart of accounts.
- FS00 — verify the account at chart-of-accounts level.
- Account-determination or interface mapping that supplied the number.
Resolution path
- Confirm the intended G/L account with Finance.
- Correct the mapping/configuration if the account number is wrong.
- Create the missing account only through the approved chart-of-accounts governance process.
- Retest the posting in the affected company code.
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