Reconciliation difference must be zero before reconciling [Message 3821-8]

Question

Dear Experts,
Are there any possible solutions to retrieve the AP Invoice & CN that has been manually deleted from database? My backup database is not working and I have made mistakes by adding 2 invoices & 1 CN in the live system. 
Problems:
I have created AP CN 2872 by copying from AP INV 56482 with partial amount (Inv total =15345.77 while CN total = 11205.65). Then I cannot find that AP CN in the list available in Outgoing Payment as it’s already being knocked off by the AP Inv. I need to get the manual AP CN to make the payment. Also, I found that the balance due of AP INV 56482 was incorrect as it was being deducted by CN 2872. So we have tried to create another AP invoice to cancel that AP CN. Unfortunately the balance due in Outgoing Payment is not tally with BP balance. Then, I have deleted the wrongly created invoices & CN in database and recreate the CN using SQL. Now, I am getting this error message “Reconciliation difference must be zero before reconciling  [Message 3821-8]” when I tried to add the Outgoing payment.
I have messed up the tables. I have gone through SAP Note 1258628 & 1264090 but still do not know how to solve my problems yet.
Kindly assist me on the above issue.
Thanks & BR,
Leng

Answer 1

Hi
Check log tables: ADOC, ADOx - maybe you'll be able to find your data there. You'll still need to take care about lots of things: header and lines for docs, reconciliation, accounting etc.
but this just as an emergency - as Frank stated: you broke the rules and cannot count on SAP support.
Maybe your database's recovery model is set to 'Full' - in such case you could be able to make restore to point in time. Otherwise do what Frank suggested.
Kind regards,
Radek