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2985621 - Cannot Select G/L Account for Other Liabilities Account Determination - XXX is not a Valid Value for This Field

Symptom

You experience the error message 'XXX is not a valid value for this field. Enter a valid value' when configuring Account Determination of Other Liabilities (XXX is the G/L Account ID).

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Access the Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination activity, either via the activity list of the Implementation project or via Overview.
  3. Under Account Determination choose the General Ledger link. 
  4. Go to the Others tab.
  5. Select 4 - Other Liabilities.
  6. Press Add Row.
  7. Add the respective Account Determination Group. 
  8. Select G/L Account XXX in Other Liabilities.

The error  'XXX is not a valid value for this field. Enter a valid value' appears.

Cause

The G/L Account Type of G/L Account XXX is not OLIAB- Other Liabilities.

Resolution

Either change the G/L Account Type of G/L Account XXX to Other Liabilities or use another G/L Account of type OLIAB-Other Liabilities.

Keywords

G/L Account is not a valid value for this field, Account Determination, Other Liabilities , KBA , is not a valid value for this field , other liabilities , account determination , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions