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3310895 - Error Message: Account Assignment to Cost Center PQR only Allowed for Account Type Costs/Expenses. G/L Account 123 cannot be used

Symptom

When you try to post a Journal Entry Voucher with a reference to a Sales Order and a Cost center the system throws an error message.
Account assignment to cost center PQR only allowed for account type Costs/Expenses. G/L Account 123 cannot be used. 

(Here PQR is Cost center id and 123 is G/L account number)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
  2. Select the Journal Entry Vouchers View.
  3. Select a Company and a Set of Books.
  4. Choose Journal Entry Type 00088 - Manual Entry for Sales Documents.
  5. Enter Screen Variant 634 - Man. Write-Up/Write-Down for Sales Doc.
  6. Press Add Row.
  7. Choose a G/L Account
  8. Enter Credit in Transaction Currency
  9. Select Sales Doc. Type 114 - Sales Order.
  10. Choose a Sales Doc. ID and a Sales Doc. Item ID
  11. Select Cost center in Line item 2.
  12. Press Simulate.

Error Message:
Account assignment to cost center PQR only allowed for account type Costs/Expenses. G/L Account 123 cannot be used. . 

Cause

You have maintained a Cost Center in the Line item and this is not expected for balance sheet accounts in G/L account field.

Resolution

You will need to check the cost center assigned to the GL Account and maintain Cost Center only for cost or expense accounts.

Keywords

KBA , AP-ACC , Business ByDesign: Financial Accounting , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2302