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3235493 - Posting Block field is not editable in configuration step Define Billing Types - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

Posting Block field is not editable (greyed out) for billing types in configuration step Define Billing Types (configuration step ID 102402), even in change mode.

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Environment

 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open app Manage Your Solution.
  2. Go to Configure Your Solution.
  3. Access the configuration step Define Billing Types (configuration step ID 102402).
  4. Posting Block field in section General Control is not editable (greyed out).

In case you are using SAP Central Business Configuration (CBC):

  1. Log on to the project experience in SAP Central Business Configuration.
  2. In the Product-Specific Configuration phase, navigate to the Configurations Activity tab.
  3. Search for Define Billing Types configuration activity.
  4. Select the Define Billing Types activity.
  5. Choose Go to Activity to navigate directly to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system.
  6. Posting Block field under General Control is not editable (greyed out).

Cause

This is a standard behavior in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. This Posting Block field cannot be edited for the billing types.

Resolution

In case you want to block the automatic posting of billing documents, you have the following two options:

1. Proceed as follows:

  •  Open app Create Billing Documents

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  •  Billing Due List is displayed
  •  Choose Billing Settings

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  •  Turn off Automatic posting of billing document

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2. Automatic posting of Billing Document can also be stopped through the Flexible Billing Document Posting configuration steps in Custom Adaptations for Integration of Billing with Financial Accounting in Manage Your Solution/CBC Configuration Actity.

You can refer to below SAP Help Portal Blog documentation & Blog for more information on this:

Flexible Billing Document Posting: Suppress Automatic Posting | SAP Help Portal

Using Configurable Parameters and Formulas (CPF) to Implement Flexible Billing Document Posting

Block Automatic Posting of Billing Documents to Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

See Also

Flexible Billing Document Posting: Suppress Automatic Posting | SAP Help Portal

Using Configurable Parameters and Formulas (CPF) to Implement Flexible Billing Document Posting

Block Automatic Posting of Billing Documents to Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Keywords

Posting Block, Flexible Billing Document Posting, SSCUI 102402, Block of automatic posting, BLOCK_AUTO_POSTING , KBA , SD-FIO-BIL , Fiori UIs for Billing , SD-BIL , Billing , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions