Symptom
- Error: House bank account exists when attempting to delete a house bank from the bank key in Manage bank - cash management app.
- The closure process cannot proceed despite reversing all journal entries posted for the bank account.
- Error: House Bank e.g. GB01 already exists
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Environment
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- Bank Account Management (Public Cloud)
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Manage House Banks - Cash Management.
- Select the affected bank.
- Open the corresponding house bank.
- Attempt to delete the house bank for the relevant company code from bank.
Cause
Existing transaction data remains in the affected company code, which prevents deleting the house bank and bank account and blocks the closure.
Resolution
- Run the template job ‘Reset Transaction Data’ for the affected company code to delete the existing financial postings that block house bank and bank account deletion. Refer to the link in the See also section.
- Confirm understanding that this job deletes transaction data at company code level and that deleted data cannot be restored.
- Delete the house bank account connectivity from Manage Bank Accounts app.
- Open the wrong bank e.g. GB bank in the Manage bank - cash management app.
- Press edit button.
- Select the house bank.
- Delete the house bank from the wrong bank e.g. GB bank.
- Save the changes.
- Next, add the house bank to the correct bank e.g. IE bank.
See Also
refer to: Template job ‘Reset Transaction Data’
Keywords
house bank account closure, manage bank accounts, bank account management, reset transaction data, cannot close bank account, delete house bank, transaction data blocking closure, cash management, financial postings, s/4hana cloud public edition, bank account deletion error, house bank deletion, BAM, treasury management, company code data deletion , KBA , FIN-FSCM-CLM-BAM-2CL , Bank Account Management (Public Cloud) , Problem
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