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3376912 - Make an entry in mandatory field "House Bank" error in Free Form Payment Request App - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

When trying to post a 'Free Form Payment' through "Process Free Form Payments" app, the system gives the following error:
"Make an entry in mandatory field 'House Bank'".

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create New Payment Request via "My Free Form Payments".
  2. House bank details are filled.
  3. Process Free Form Payments based on created Payment Request in "Process Free Form Payments" app.
  4. Select 'Post and Release'. It is failed due to error: "Make an entry in mandatory field 'House Bank'".

Cause

Free-form payments can trigger payments without referencing a business transaction. When you create a free-form payment, the bank information of the business partner master data doesn't have to be in the system, nor does the amount of the payment transaction have to be represented by an open item. This activity creates a payment request.

However in configuration ''Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country/Region Bank Account Transfers" (ID: 105589), G/L account is defined as technical payment request clearing account for company code. According to program logic, posting on technical payment request clearing account, house bank and house bank account are not required.
If G/L account is set as cash account in "Manage G/L Account Master Data" app, house bank and house bank account are mandatory. This causing discrepancy in the process.

Resolution

Change the G/L Account in configuration ''Define Clearing Accounts for Cross-Country/Region Bank Account Transfers" to a balance sheet account instead.

See Also

SAP Best Practices Scope Item J60

Keywords

Free Form Payments, House Bank, Mandatory, J60, 105589, Payment Request, Define Clearing Accounts, Cross Country, Make Bank Transfers, F0691, Automatic Payment Transactions for Payment Requests, F111 , KBA , FI-FIO-AP-PAY-2CL , Payment Apps (Public Cloud) , FI-BL-PT-PR-2CL , payment program/payment request (Public Cloud) , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions