Symptom
In account assignment for a purchase order item or a supplier invoice item, you can select a particular Individual Material ID. However you cannot find which fixed asset relates to the individual material.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
To find the individual material used in purchase order account assignment:
- Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
- Go to the Purchase Orders view.
- Mark the relevant purchase order and choose Edit.
- Choose View All and go to the Items tab.
- Go to the tab Account Assignment.
- Find the individual material ID.
To find the individual material used in supplier invoice account assignment:
- Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Go to the Invoices and Credit Memos view.
- Mark the relevant supplier invoice and choose Edit.
- Choose View All and go to the Items tab.
- Go to the tab Account Assignment.
- Find the individual material ID.
To check if the individual material is listed in the list of fixed assets:
- Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
- Go to the Fixed Assets view.
- Choose Show: All Fixed Assets.
- Choose Advanced on the top right.
- Enter the Individual Material ID as in the purchase order or supplier invoice.
- Choose Go.
- No Fixed Asset is returned.
Cause
The individual material is an independent item created directly from a supplier invoice without referencing a purchase order. In this type of supplier invoice, for the account assignment type Individual Material, you will notice a "New" button. The individual material was generated on the spot using this feature. So, the status of the individual material updates in accordance with the status of the supplier invoice.
Resolution
Expected system behavior.
Keywords
Individual Materia, Fixed Asset, Missing, Supplier Invoice, Purchase Order , KBA , imat , procurement , product does not exist or is retired , individual material missing , SRD-FIN-FA , Fixed Assets , How To