3259475 - Error "Order cannot be released: settlement rule not maintained" in Change Maintenance Order app - SAP S/4HANA Cloud

When releasing Improvement Maintenance Order in Change Maintenance Order app, error appears and shows:

• Order cannot be released: settlement rule not maintained

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

1. Open Change Maintenance Order app
2. Enter order number
3. Click "Change Status" in the upper left and select "Release"
4. Error appears and shows "Order cannot be released: settlement rule not maintained"

Improvement Maintenance order type requires a WBS element as the cost receiver, however the field "WBS Element" has not been maintained.

The prerequisite to generate the default settlement rule for Improvement Maintenance Order is that Improvement Maintenance Order type requires a WBS element as the cost receiver. There might be hundreds of WBS elements created in system so that the application logic is not able to determine which specific WBS element should be selected. 

Please follow the steps below to maintain "WBS Element ":

1. Open Change Maintenance Order app
2. Click view "Organizational Data"
3. Maintain "WBS Element " field under "Account Assignment" section

If it is entered, the default settlement rule can be created. Then the order can be released without the error.

WBS Element, YA03, Order cannot be released: settlement rule not maintained, Improvement Maintenance Order, Message no.IW557, release order , KBA , PM-WOC-MO , Maintenance Orders , Problem