SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3243542 - Error ''Please enter Material or Account assignment category"

Symptom

When creating a Purchase Requisition standard item category without a material number and account assignment category the error ''Please enter Material or Account assignment category" is shown.

For Limit Item no error appears.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create Purchase Requisition
  2. Fill all the mandatory fields
  3. Keep the Material Number and Account Assignment fields empty
  4. Error 06026 

Cause

Standard system behavior.

Resolution

When creating new item it's mandatory to maintain the Material number or the Account Assignment.

An alternative solution when no Material is maintained and no Account Assignment is necessary for your business process, you can use the Account Assignment Category "U".

Keywords

06026; Account Assignment; Material; Purchase Requisition; Purchase Document; , KBA , MM-PUR-REQ , Purchase Requisitions , How To

Product

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