Symptom
The activity field is grayed out for selection via personalization menu while entering mileage information in an expense report for Italy.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
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Go to the Travel and Expenses work center.
- Go to the Common Tasks > New Expense Report On Behalf view.
- Enter Employee ID AAA (AAA means the Employee ID).
- Enter Type of Expense Report: Business trip.
- Enter remaining mandatory information (for example: Trip Type, Purpose, Start Date, etc.).
- Under Mileage section, click Add More Mileage Information.
- Click Add Row.
- Enter any Date and mileage information.
- Notice that Activity field is not displayed along with Country and Vehicle Class.
- Click the user photo icon (top of the screen, right-hand side).
- Click Start Personalization Mode.
- Expand UI Element Details: Mileage ID 001.
- Notice that UI Element Activity is grayed out.
Cause
Activity field is grayed out because there are no activities maintained in fine tuning activity Activity-related Reimbursement - Italy.
Resolution
To make the Activity field available for selection in Personalization Menu you should create at least one activity in Business Configuration fine tuning activity Activity-related Reimbursement - Italy.
Keywords
expense report; italy; mileage; activity; reimbursement , KBA , expense report , italy , mileage , activity , reimbursement , SRD-FIN-ERM , Travel and Expense Management , How To