SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2459775 - Unable to Submit Expense Report : G/L Account information missing/Settlement results cannot be calculated. Assign a valid cost assignment

Symptom

You are creating a new Expense Report. When attempting to finish it, the system raises an error message "G/L Account information missing/Settlement results cannot be calculated. Assign a valid cost assignment."

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Travel and Expenses work center.
  2. Under Common Tasks select New Expense Report on Behalf.
  3. Select an employee.
  4. Fill the required expense items and other details.
  5. Press Finish. 
  6. The error message "G/L Account information missing. Settlement results cannot be calculated. Assign a valid cost assignment" appears. 

Cause

In the Expense Line Items tab a deviating cost assignment has been mainained without an account assignment type.

Resolution

Re-submit the expense report and when updating the Deviating Cost Assignments

  1. If the cost is split, then make sure the total percentage must be equal to 100 %.
  2. Maintain an Account Assignment Type for all expense items. 

Keywords

G/L account information missing, expense report , KBA , SRD-FIN-ERM , Travel and Expense Management , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions