Symptom
When trying to post a supplier invoice the following exception is generated:
"Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting ; General ledger account alias XXX does not exist".
XXX means General Ledger account alias.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Choose the Invoices and Credit Memos view.
- Select an invoice, try to post it and it fails.
- Now navigate to the Exceptions tab and the error "Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting ; General ledger account alias XXX does not exist" is found.
Cause
The General Ledger account in question is already available in another account determination group and must be unique.
To avoid this error message, the current account determination for this account needs to be deleted in the Business Configuration activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
Resolution
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Search and open the activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
- Click Edit Account Determination Groups.
- Select General Ledger and groups for XXX under Group Types by Ledger and search for Account Determination Group XXX.
- Delete the record and click Save.
- After this, try to post the supplier invoice and the error message will not be displayed anymore.
Keywords
KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To
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