Reversal of Accrual/Deferral Document (F.81) Error Messages : V1 131 – The business transaction cannot be carried out

While trying to reverse an accrual document posted through transaction code FBS1, the system did not allow us to the reversal and the below error was displayed.

The document which was to be reversed look like the below :

Analysis :

As we can see that the above document is related to a Sales Order so we analysed the Sales order for that particular Sales order item 210. It was found that the same has been fully delivered and no delivery or invoice is pending against it.

Solution :

There may be a lot of other reasons for Error V1 131 : business transaction cannot be carried out and there are several OSS Notes are available for the same. However, in this case the reason of the error was found to be a simple one i.e. the status of the Sales order for that particular item.

The Status was FNBL MtoO RESA TECO i.e. its Technically Completed hence not allowing any posting. We changed that to the below

It was changed from “FNBL MtoO RESA TECO” to “REL  MtoO RESA” by selecting the “Reset” option of tab “Completed”

Result :

We can now being able to reverse the document through F.81.

*The above screenshot has been while doing Test run.

Suggested Reading for V1 131 Error : OSS Notes 580290, 548969, 157233, 316521, etc

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