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2676634 - Creating Manual Entry for Materials Error: Either balance sheet or profit and loss account required per material

Symptom

While creating a Journal Entry Voucher as Manual Entry for Materials, system displays following error: Either balance sheet or profit and loss account required per material.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
  2. Go to Common Tasks > New Journal Entry Voucher.
  3. Complete the necessary data.
  4. Set the Journal Entry Type as 00087 - Manual Entry for Materials.
  5. Select the Screen Variant as 629 - Manual Adjusting Entry for Materials.
  6. Enter the G/L Accounts with different SubLedger types.
  7. Click Save button.

System displays the error: Either balance sheet or profit and loss account required per material

Cause

The Screen Variant 629 - Manual Adjusting Entry for Materials is used to adjust the accounts within inventory subledger itself and not across subledger.

Resolution

To complete the Journal Entry Voucher, you need to use the Screen Variant 630 - Manual Write-Up/Write-Down for Materials.

Keywords

Journal Entry Voucher, Manual Adjusting Entry for Materials, Manual Write-Up/Write-Down for Materials , KBA , journal entry voucher , manual adjusting entry for materials , manual write-up/write-down for materials , AP-ACC-MAT , Material Ledger Account , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions