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2381596 - Error Message: 'Profit Center ABC not Found on MM-DD-YYYY'

Symptom

You are receiving an error message while posting a Recurring Journal Entry Voucher.

'Profit center ABC not found on MM-DD-YYYY'

(ABC represents the Profit Center ID)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to Journal Entries view.
  3. Go to Recurring Journal Entry Vouchers subview.
  4. Click New -> Recurring Journal Entry Voucher.
  5. Enter all required parameters and choose Post.

You get an error message: 'Profit Center ABC not Found on MM-DD-YYYY'

Cause

The validity of the profit center is not viable as of today and ended before the posting date of Recurring Journal Entry Voucher.

You can check it on the Organizational Structure:

  1. Go to Organizational Management work center.
  2. Go to Organizational Structure view.
  3. Find the Profit Center ABC.
  4. Go to tab Timelines.
  5. Check attribute Profit Center.
  6. You will see the valid to date is not valid on the moment that Recurring Journal Entry Voucher was posted.

Resolution

In order to adjust the validity of the Profit Center, please follow below steps:

  1. Go to Organizational Management work center.
  2. Go to Organizational Structures view.
  3. Click Find, search for Profit Center ABC and click Locate.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Go to Timelines tab.
  6. Here adjust the valid to date accordingly. It is necessary that profit center is valid on the day to post Recurring Journal Entry Voucher.

In case you do not want to use the profit center ABC and hence do not want to extend its validity you must assign a different one to the Recurring Journal Entry Voucher.

 

Keywords

Profit Center, Not found, Journal Entries, Recurring Journal Entry Voucher. , KBA , AP-ACC-AE , Accounting Entry , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions