2807240 - "Account determination missing for item type" Error While Generating Financial Statements Report - SAP Business ByDesign

• Error occurs during generating Financial Statements report (Report ID: FINGLAU04_Q0001):
• Error message: "Account determination missing for item type".

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1. Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
2. Go to the Reports view.
3. Click on List sub view.
4. Click on Financial Statements report (Report ID: FINGLAU04_Q0001).
5. Enter the selection criteria.
6. See the error message: "Account determination missing for item type"

• The reason for the error is because the Opening/Closing Balance accounts under Account Determination have not been maintained.
• The balance carryforward for the previous year hasn't been completed, and system automatically simulates balance carryforward for the previous year when the Financial Statement Report is generated, and hence these G/L accounts are requirement under Account determination.

Maintain the Opening and Closing Balance & Retained Earnings accounts by following the below steps:

1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
2. Select the view Overview.
3. Search and find the activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
4. Select the link General Ledger under Account Determination.
5. Select the Account Determination Profile YYY and navigate to Opening/Closing Balance tab. (YYY represents Account Determination Profile ID for the company that the report was completed for)
6. Maintain the respective G/L Accounts Closing Balance and Opening Balance and the other tabs such as Retained Earnings etc.
7. Click on Save button.

After that the error messages won't occur.

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