Common Errors With Journal Entries

When you are working with journal entry records, you may see following failure messages in your SOAP responses.

This record already exists

This error indicates indicates that you attempted to add a journal entry using an external ID that is already in use.

Invalid currency reference key x for accountingbook y

This error indicates that you attempted to set an incorrect value for the currency field of a book specific journal entry. In general, you should not try to set a value for currency. The system automatically populates this field based on the value of other fields on the record.

Invalid account reference key x for subsidiary y

Valid values for the account field may vary. Valid options are determined by the value of the subsidiary body field. If you see this error, review the data and make sure that you have chosen appropriate account values. For information about body and sublist fields, see Journal Entry Body and Sublist Fields.

The amounts in a journal entry must balance

The lines of a journal entry must include at least one debit and at least one credit. The total debit value must equal the total credit value. This error indicates that they do not match.

Please enter a value for subsidiary

A value for subsidiary is always required, even when there is only one valid choice.

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For information about other possible errors with journal entries, search for the error message in SuiteAnswers.

This record already exists

Invalid currency reference key x for accountingbook y

Invalid account reference key x for subsidiary y

The amounts in a journal entry must balance

Please enter a value for subsidiary

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