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2804262 - Process Control for Expense Reports from SAP Concur - SAP Business ByDesign

Symptom

  • You created a Process Control rule to block postings for Business Process Group - Expense Report for a specific time period. 
  • However, you notice that an Expense Report imported from SAP Concur for this time period is posted without any issues. 

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Companies view.
  3. Select Company ID 123 and press Set Process Control.
  4. In the Show field, Relevant for Today is displayed.
  5. You verify that the Process Control rule to block the posting of Business Process Group - Expense Report is valid in the period when the Expense report is posted. 

Cause

The Process Control settings do not work for externally created documents. This applies to Expense Reports that are submitted from SAP Concur and to be posted in SAP Business ByDesign.

Resolution

The system behaves as designed; Externally created documents are not considered in Process Control settings.

Keywords

Concur, Expense Report, Block, Set Process Control concur, expense report, posting date, set process control, block , KBA , AP-FMD-EER , Business ByDesign: External Expense Report , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions