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3390880 - Write-up To Fixed Asset Is Posted To G/L Account: AAA instead of the expected G/L account: BBB

Symptom

User is trying to post write-up to fixed assets, and the simulated journal entry is posted to G/L account: AAA instead of the expected G/L account: BBB.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Fixed Assets work center.
  2. Go to Fixed Assets view.
  3. Select fixed asset XYZ (XYZ stands for fixed asset ID) and select manual posting - write-up.
  4. Select simulate the journal entry, and you will see the posted G/L account is AAA instead of BBB.

Cause

The required G/L accounts when posting write-up must belong to the following account types, and G/L account: BBB does not belong to the following G/L account type. The G/L account: AAA belongs to the following account type. 

For G/L Account

Account Type

Accumulated Depreciation

ASSET – Fixed Assets

Revenues from Write-Up

REVGAN – Revenues or Gains

Resolution

If you hope the simulated journal entry is posted to G/L account: BBB, you may kindly follow the process in help doc: <Account Determination posting Write-Ups> to maintain the G/L account.

Keywords

fixed assets write-up, simulated journal entry , KBA , SRD-FIN-FA , Fixed Assets , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions