Complete Transaction Throws Error : You Must Enter An Accounting Date That Is Equal To Or Later Than Accounting Date (AR-857525) (Doc ID 2401609.1)

Last updated on APRIL 10, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 11.12.1.0.0 version, Setup Module

When attempting to create transaction,
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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You must enter an accounting date that is equal to or later than accounting date 5/8/18. (AR-857525)
The setup of the ledger uses a gapless document sequence, and requires a correlation between the document sequence date and the accounting date. A new document number cannot be assigned to a transaction with an accounting date earlier than the previous document number assignment.


STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Create AR Transaction
2. Complete Transaction


BUSINESS IMPACT
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The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot create or complete transactions.

Changes

Cause

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