Symptom
When an Journal Entry is rejected by an approver, modifying any field and submitting it will not succeed. The journal entry will remain rejected when resubmitted in app Verify General Journal Entries - For Requester.
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Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Cause
The issue can be caused by wrong settings in the workflow in app Manage Workflows for Journal Entry Verification - In General Ledger.
In Verify General Journal Entry steps -> Exception Handling -> Reject, if the Required Action not set as "Redo General Journal Entry" or Action Result set as "Cancel workflow" will cause the issue.
Resolution
Please follow workflow template "General Journal Entry Verification" provided by SAP:
In verify Steps -> Exception Handling
When Reject
Required Action should be "Redo General Journal Entry" and Action Result should be "Restart workflow"
See Also
Community Blog: Status of Journal Entry Verification and Troubleshooting Reference
Community Blog: A Configuration Example of How to Optimize Journal Entry Verification Workflow
Keywords
Verify JE, Rejected, workflows, Restart workflow, Cancel workflow , KBA , FI-FIO-GL-2CL , Fiori UI for General Ledger Accounting (Public Cloud) , Problem