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 Others in Trade XXX does not exist
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Supplier Invoicing work center
- Choose Invoices and credit memos view.
- Select an invoice and try to post it and it fails
- Now navigate to the exceptions tab and you find the error Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting ; General ledger account alias Others in Trade XXX does not exist
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 Business Configuration workcenter
- Search for Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination
- Navigate to 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 now
Keywords
KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions