1933856 - Error Message : Item XX : Project is not of type 'Direct Cost Project' .

The error message Project is not of type Direct Cost Project is raised while creating Manual invoice or Recurring invoice for the project.

Case 1: While saving or releasing Manual Invoice Request.

1. Go to Customer Invoicing work Center.
2. Choose the New Manual Invoice under the Common Task.
3. Enter all required mandatory details.
4. Navigate to Items tab.
5. Go to the Revenue assignment tab and try to save or release the invoice we get the error Item XX : Project is not of type 'Direct Cost Project' .

Case 2 : While saving or releasing Recurring Invoice Template.

1. Go to the New Recurring Invoice Template under the Common Task.
2. Enter all required mandatory details.
3. Navigate to Items tab.
4. Go to the Revenue assignment tab and try to save or release the invoice we get the error Item XX : Project is not of type 'Direct Cost Project' .

If you try to release the already created template ID XYZ (XYZ represents the identification of the invoice template) or Invoice Request ID XYZ (XYZ represents the identification of the invoice template) the following error message is triggered :
Item XX : Project is not of type 'Direct Cost Project' (XX represents the number of the line item).

 A Project type Customer projects with sales integration cannot be used in Manual invoice or Recurring invoice. The reason is that during revenue calculation, the system will search for the corresponding sales order. As Manual and Recurring Invoices do not have a Sales Order as preceding document, therefore you can only use projects of type Direct Cost Project.

How to check the project type form Manual invoice or Recurring invoice.

Double Click on the assigned Project Task ABC (ABC represents identification of the Project) under Revenue assignment tab, the Project Overview floor plan opens here you can see the Project Type if the project type is Customer project with sales integration.

System is behaving as designed.

Once project released they will be communicated to a lot of applications and objects (FIN, HCM, SRM,CRM) changing the project type leads an inconsistencies at the integrated applications so we cannot change the project type.

The system is throwing an error message Item XX : Project is not of type 'Direct Cost Project' (XX represents the number of the line item). because the you are trying to create the manual invoice which is not supported for the project type Customer Project with Sales Integration if you want to create Manual Project Invoice Request or Automatic Project Invoice Request.

If you want to create Manual invoice or Recurring invoice for Direct Cost project please create New Project with the project Type Direct Cost Project.

Note:

To know which project is assigned as Direct Cost Project follow the below steps.

1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
2. Select the project and the Open Activity List button.
3. Select the Fine-Tune arrow.
4. Find the Project Types activity and open it.
5. Here you will be able to see the Project Name and the assigned respective Process Variant Project Type.

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