Symptom
You want to post supplier invoice for fixed asset scenario however when you select individual material, no description appears.
or
How to update the description of individual material.
or
Where to see the list of all individual materials.
Environment
SAP Business Bydesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Fixed assets work center
- Go to Fixed assets view
- Choose All fixed assets
- Select desired Fixed asset
- Click on Edit button
- Choose Master data
- Go to respective Individual material
- You may see description appearing
Then
- Go to Supplier invoicing
- Choose the task New supplier invoice without purchase order
- Go to Items tab
- Go to Cost distribution tab
- Select Account Assigned type as ACC
- Click on value help
- Select respective Individual material
- You will see that description is not appearing
Cause
There is an explicit implementation for user convenience in the Fixed Assets screens that will default individual material description entered when logged in with English. When you login with any other language, If you have not maintained any description when logged in using any other log on language, you have to maintain it manually.
Resolution
- Go to Supplier invoicing
- Choose task New supplier invoice without purchase order
- Go to Items tab
- Go to Cost distribution tab
- Select Account Assigned type as ACC
- Click on value help
- Select a Individual material
- You will see that description is not coming
- Now double click on that material
- In this screen you will see no description but you can click on edit and then update the description.
or
- Navigate to Fixed Assets work center
- Go to Reports view
- Select Inventory List
- In the report,ensure to maintain the company and set of books.
- Click the "configure" button in the top right of the screen.
- Select Add Fields.
- Select Material Details.
- Select Individual Material
- Select Individual Material ID
- This will bring up all the available Material IDs.
- You can maintain them by clicking on the Individual Material ID you are looking for, then selecting "Go To" (the last option.)
- In the resultant screen, Now double click on that material
- In this screen you will see no description but you can click on edit and then update the description.
So to match the currently logged in language and the description ensure
For example
If Log on language is German then description is expected to be in German
or
If Log on language is English then description is expected to be in English
See Also
2927002 - How to update Individual material description
Keywords
individual material description is not visible, individual material; Individual material description is empty , KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To