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2903725 - Error Message Exchange Rate does not exist while Posting Supplier Invoice

Symptom

You are trying to post a Supplier Invoice in YYY currency and Company Currency ZZZ. You are receiving below error messages while posting the Supplier Invoice.

Posting not possible; clarify exception first
Error occurred while trying to evaluation condition of a process step
Exchange Rate for XXX and YYY for Rate Type 001 does not exist for 123

(Here XXX, YYY and ZZZ represent currencies)

(Here 001 represents Rate type)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to the Invoice Entry view.
  3. Search for the relevant Supplier Invoice ID.
  4. Select Post.

Error Message:

Posting not possible; clarify exception first
Error occurred while trying to evaluation condition of a process step
Exchange Rate for XXX and YYY for Rate Type 001 does not exist for 123

Cause

The cause is that you have maintained the approval conditions for supplier invoice in different currency XXX not in Company Currency ZZZ.

Kindly check the settings in the below steps:

  1. Go to the Application and User Management work center.
  2. Go to the Task Distribution -> Approval Processes view.
  3. Search for Related Business Document: Supplier Invoice.
  4. Click Approval process for Supplier Invoice.
  5. Check under Conditions and threshold amount maintained in XXX currency.

Hence, when conditions are evaluated, system will check for XXX currency in the Exchange Rates.

Resolution

You need to maintain the exchange rates for the currency XXX and YYY in the below steps:

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Common Tasks -> Edit Exchange Rates view.
  3. Click Add Row tab.
  4. Enter Source Currency:XXX and Target Currency:YYY and enter Rates respectively.

Once you maintain the Exchange rates, you are able to post the Supplier Invoice.

Keywords

Exchange rates, Supplier invoice error, Rate type , KBA , exchange rate error , rate type , not able to post supplier invoice , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions