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3199488 - Error: Posting date required to determine document number is missing

Symptom

When you creating supplier invoice via custom Odata service, below error raises in response and invoice cannot be created.

Posting date required to determine document number is missing.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign All Versions

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Odata service testing tool (like Postman)
  2. Fill the custom Odata service URL and maintain the necessary authorizations
  3. Maintain the request content, send
  4. In the response, no supplier invoice be created and above error message is raising

Cause

In business configuration activity "Document Numbering Formats for Supplier Invoicing", you define the Year Suffix Selection Date as Posting date. Hence if you don't provide posting date in the supplier invoice creation request, system cannot numbering the supplier invoice and cannot save the invoice.

Resolution

Please add posting date to your supplier invoice creation odata request.

Or, adjust the setting in business configuration activity "Document Numbering Formats for Supplier Invoicing", do not make the Year Suffix Selection Date as Posting date.

Keywords

Odata, Supplier Invoice,  Posting date required to determine document number is missing , KBA , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions