Symptom
You are unable to post a Supplier Invoice due to error:
"No functional area could be assigned."
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center
- Go to the Invoices and Credit Memos view
- Select the affected document and open it
- Click on Post
- Error No functional area could be assigned is displayed.
- Alternatively, click on Show Exceptions to see error of type "Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting ; No functional area could be assigned."
Cause
No functional area has been assigned to the G/L account of at least one of the Supplier Invoice's line items.
Resolution
- Go to the Business Configuration work center
- Go to the Implementation Projects view
- Select your implementation project and click on Open Activity List
- Open activity "Settings for Income Statements by Function of Expense and Earned Profit Analysis"
- Click on "Edit functional area determination"
- Under tab "Determination Using General Ledger Accounts" maintain a functional area for the affected G/L accounts
Keywords
Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting ; No functional area could be assigned, Supplier Invboice; G/L account , KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions