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3138930 - Scanned Supplier Invoice Document Number is created with Suffix as Current Year

Symptom

It was created a supplier invoice which has Posting Date in the previous year however the Invoice Document ID has the current year as its suffix.

For example: Posting date is "31.12.2023" but in the Invoice ID the suffix is "2024".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to Invoice Scanning view.
  3. Search for ABC (ABC is the Scanned Invoice's ID). 
  4. Click in Create Invoice button. 
  5. Insert the Posting Date as "31.12.2023".
  6. Click in Save button.

It is created a Supplier invoice with Suffix *2024 (not *2023). 

Cause

Even though in Business Configuration is is maintained the "Year Suffix Selection Date: Posting Date" in the "Document Numbering Formats for Supplier Invoicing" activity, this does not apply for scanned invoices. Scanned invoices are the invoices that were uploaded via Collaboration Window as well.

There is a code line in the system which ensures the suffix year for scanned invoices will always take the system date (the current date).

Resolution

To ensure that the right year is taken in the Invoice Document ID, please manually create the supplier invoice in the system.

Keywords

Supplier Invoice, Scanning, Scanned Invoice, Posting Date, Current Year , KBA , AP-SIP-SIV , Supplier Invoice , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions