Symptom
You are trying to combine two invoice requests and when click the invoice button, the system splits the documents in multiple invoice documents.
You have checked all criteria in case document 1500875 - Split Criteria in Customer Invoicing but all these do not apply.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
In this example, we will use Manual Invoice Request ABC and Outbound Delivery Invoice Request XYZ.
- Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
- Select the Invoice Requests view.
- Select To Be Invoiced.
- Select ID ABC and XYZ (ABC and XYZ represents the IDs of the invoice requests).
- Click Invoice button.
The system splits both documents.
Cause
The split is happening due to a difference of external reference number determination between Outbound Delivery Invoice Request and Manual Invoice Request.
Example:
Process Variant: Customer Invoice Processing - Manual Invoicing
Invoice Type: Invoice
Determination Method: Copied from Own ID
Process Variant: Customer Invoice Processing - Standard
Invoice Type: Invoice
Determination Method: Copied from Predecessor Reference ID
Based on this configuration, the External Reference for the Invoice created from the Manual Invoice Request will be the Invoice ID. Whereas, the Invoice created from the Outbound Delivery Invoice Request will inherit the ID (XYZ) from the Invoice Request.
Resolution
This is the system expected behavior.
To solve this, you can manually change the Determination Method in the configuration.
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Select Implementation Projects view.
- Select a Project and click on the Open Activity List button.
- Search for External Reference Number Determination for Customer Invoice.
- Maintain the expected rule.
- Click Save.
Now refresh and select again the Invoice Requests in question and the system will allow the combine to happen.
See Also
1937053 - Split Criteria in Customer Invoicing for India
1500875 - Split Criteria in Customer Invoicing
Keywords
Invoice, Split, Combine, External Reference, Determination, Method, Invoice Request , KBA , AP-CI-CI , Customer Invoice , How To