Symptom
Error occurs during generating Financial statement Report (Report ID: FINGLAU04_Q0001)
Error message: Account determination missing for item type
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
- Go to the Reports view.
- Click on List sub view.
- Click on Financial Statements Report (Report ID:FINGLAU04_Q0001).
- Enter the selection criteria.
- See the error message: Account determination missing for item type
Cause
The reason for the error is because the Opening/Closing Balance accounts under Account Determination have not maintained.
You have not completed the balance carryforward for the previous year and system automatically simulates balance carryforward for the previous year when you generate the Financial Statement Report and hence these G/L accounts are requirement under Account determination.
Resolution
Maintain the Opening and Closing Balance & Retained Earnings accounts by follow the below steps:
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Select the view Overview.
- Search and find the activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
- Select the link General Ledger under Account Determination.
- 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)
- Maintain the respective G/L Accounts Closing Balance and Opening Balance and the other tabs such as Retained Earnings etc.
- Click on Save button.
After that the error messages won't occur.
See Also
2119683 - 'Account determination missing for item type XYZ' Error Message in General Ledger Overview
Keywords
Financial statements, Account determination missing, Item type, FINGLAU04_Q0001 , KBA , account determination , financial statement report , item type , SRD-FIN-ANA , Analytics Content , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , Problem