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2602350 - Unposted Source Document Error: No Segment could be Derived for Forecast Document Item

Symptom

Unposted source document with error message:

No Segment could be Derived for Forecast Document Item

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Closing Cockpit view.
  3. Go the to Source Documents sub-view.
  4. Search for your Source Document ID, in this case the Source Document Type is a 001 - Purchase Order.
  5. Select the ID and can see the error message under the Details session.

Cause

Profit Center was not valid with the delivery date of Purchase Order.  System was not able to derive the Segment for the given Profit Center.

The Item has been assigned to PRO - Project Task under Account Assignment tab in the Purchase Order. Steps to check the respective Profit Center from Project ID:

  1. Go to the Project Management work center.
  2. Go to the Project view.
  3. Search for the Project XYZ (XYZ represents the Project ID).
  4. Click on Edit -> Project Plan tab.
  5. Select Grantt Chart and select Project Task 123 (123 represents the Project Task ID).
  6. Go to Accounting tab.
  7. Can see the Profit Center ABC (ABC represents the Profit Center name).
  8. Click on Profit Center name and it will show the Valid From/To.


Steps to check the delivery date of Purchase Order:

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Closing Cockpit view.
  3. Go the to Source Documents sub-view.
  4. Search for the Source Document ID, in this case the Source Document Type is a 001 - Purchase Order.
  5. Open the Purchase Order, and View All.
  6. Go to Items and Delivery Schedule, can see the Acknowledged Delivery Date.

Resolution

Maintain the validity of the Profit Center ABC (ABC represents the Profit Center name) according to the Purchase Order posting date.

Follow the below steps to change the validity of the Profit Center:

  1. Go to the Organizational Management work center.
  2. Go to the Org Structures view.
  3. Click on Edit tab.
  4. Find the Profit Center ABC (ABC represents the Profit Center name).
  5. Select Profit Center and go to Timelines tab.
  6. Maintain the correct Validity From to Validity to.
  7. Click on Save and Close tab.

Now the Purchase Order can be posted without errors.

Keywords

Purchase Order, Unposted source document, Segment not derived, Profit Center not derived , KBA , source document error , segment , purchase order , profit center not derived , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions