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2129952 - Error Message Appears While Posting Supplier Invoice for Third Party Purchase Order

Symptom

You have created supplier invoice for third party purchase order and the below error appears while posting.

Error: 'Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting; Cannot find goods or service receipt ABC for Purchase Order XYZ, item XYZ-1 in accounting'

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to the Invoice Entry view.
  3. Select All Deliveries to be Invoiced.
  4. Select the relevant Delivery ID ABC.
  5. Select New Invoice and fill mandatory details.
  6. Click on Post.

Error Message: 'Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting; Cannot find goods or service receipt ABC for Purchase Order XYZ, item XYZ-1 in accounting'

or

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center 
  2. Go to Invoices and Credit memos view 
  3. Search for the Supplier Invoice ID XYZ
  4. Go to Exceptions tab 
  5. Exception says : 'Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting; Cannot find goods or service receipt ABC for Purchase Order XYZ, item XYZ-1 in accounting'

Cause

The possible root causes are;

  1. The corresponding Third Party Inbound Delivery is not Released yet and you are trying to Post the Supplier Invoices.
  2. The corresponding Third Party Inbound Delivery is Canceled and you are trying to Post the Supplier Invoices.
  3. Canceled Inbound Delivery is assigned as a reference in the Cost Distribution sub tab of the Supplier Invoices.

Resolution

  1. Release the Third Party Inbound Delivery and then post the Supplier Invoice
  2. If the Third Party Inbound Delivery is already Canceled, you can create a new Delivery and post the Supplier Invoice
  3. Remove the Third Party Inbound Delivery which is already Canceled and post the Supplier Invoice

Keywords

third party purchase order, goods or service receipt, Invoice, Third Party Inbound Delivery, Invoice exception , KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions