3239687 - Error Message: S09 is not a Valid Value for This Field. Enter a Valid Value

You are trying to preview a Supplier Invoice in the Approvals tab, and when you click the Preview button, the system triggers the following error messages:

1. Go to Managing My Area work center.
2. Go to Approvals view.
3. Select an Approve Supplier Invoice task (ERS Invoice).
4. Click on Preview button.

See the error messages:

• S09 is not a valid value for this field. Enter a valid value.
• Action failed
• Action could not be executed

You can see that the system is stuck in generating preview.

This error occurred because S09 which is a code as per Template Group that it is not scoped in the system. It refers to ERS Notification Template which displays the preview for Evaluated Receipt Settlements.

To rectify this issue, you need to mark the checkbox for the Scoping Question "You can print or send evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) invoices." in Business Configuration settings under Implementation Projects in the First Implementation view.

Once you have enabled the Scoping Question then please check the template for ERS Notification under Form Template Maintenance view in Application and User Management work center and if needed you can Change Master Template Usage or even Create E-mail Template.

1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
2. Navigate to the Implementation Projects view.
3. Select the First Implementation Project and click Edit Project Scope.
4. Click the Next button until you get to step 4 Question.
5. Expand the Scoping Element Purchasing.
6. Expand Supplier Invoicing.
7. Select the Scoping Element Communication for Supplier Invoicing.
8. On the right side of the screen, please check the Question "You can print or send evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) invoices.".
9. Save the configuration.
10. Now Go to the Application and User Management Work center.
11. Go to Form Template Maintenance View.
12. Open the Advanced Filter.
13. In Template Name, select ERS Notification.
14. Click on Go.
15. Select the relevant Form Template.
16. Click on Actions and change if desirable.

After maintaining all these settings, you can preview the ERS invoice.

More information about Supplier Invoice Processing Using Evaluated Receipt Settlements (https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_BUSINESS_BYDESIGN/2754875d2d2a403f95e58a41a9c7d6de/2ceefc33722d1014b361f0f3bf06de41.html?)

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