Symptom
You are creating an Expense Report and Type of Expense Report field is getting defaulted to Out-of-pocket expenses option.
Country: US
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
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Go to the Travel And Expenses work center.
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Go to the Expense Report view.
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Select New -> Expense Report on Behalf.
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In the Employee field, enter XYZ (XYZ represents the ID of the Employee).
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Go to the Type of Expense Report field and it is defaulted to Out-of-pocket expenses.
Cause
The expense report types appearing in the value help are related to the country versions selected in your solution profile.
You have not scoped the pre-requisite for non-travel-related expenses for Country US.
Resolution
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Go to the Implementation Projects view.
- Select your project and click on Edit Project Scope.
- Navigate to Step 4: Questions.
- Expand Travel and Expenses -> Expense and Reimbursement Management.
- Select Expense Reporting and scope the below questions:
Group: Claim non-travel-related expenses in:
United States: Select the Checkbox
Group: Combine business travel and miscellaneous expenses in:
United States: Select the Checkbox
Keywords
Type of Expense Report, Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Options for expense type , KBA , out-of-pocket expenses , type of expense report , expense types , AP-ERM-ER , Expense Report , Problem