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2088434 - Purchase Order Item Cannot Be Confirmed. A Goods And Services Receipt Cannot Be Created For Expense Reporting Items

Symptom

The system throws an error message when trying to create a Goods and Service Receipt against a Purchase Order, stating that Purchase order item XXX cannot be confirmed. A goods and services receipt cannot be created for expense reporting items.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Purchase Requests and Orders Work Center.
  2. Navigate to the Purchase Orders View.
  3. Choose the Purchase Order.
  4. Choose the New Goods and Service Receipt button.
  5. A Goods and Service Receipt floor plan open here you can see the mentioned error message.

Cause

The Goods and Service Receipt will be automatically created when the user submits an expense report for an Expense item in the Purchase Order. Once the expense report is approved, the Goods and Service Receipt will be automatically created from the expense report. There is no need to manually create Goods and Service Receipt for Expense items.

Resolution

System works as designed.

Keywords

Purchase Order Item, Confirmed, Goods and Services Receipt, Expense Report , KBA , purchase order item cannot be confirmed , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions