3407164 - Description Field in Project Invoice Request Doesn't Match Content Maintained in Expense Report

You input description in expense report per expense item, but you find it shows unexpected content in project invoice request's description field.

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1. Go to Travel and Expenses work center.
2. Go to New Expense Report on Behalf view to create expense report XXX.
3. The first thing to do is maintaining details at step 1: General Information.
4. Enter a purpose for the expense report at Purpose field.
5. Click Edit Cost Assignment->Add Row, select Project Task from the dropdown list for Account Assignment Type field.
6. Enter the project task YYY to which you want to link the expense report. Click OK.
7. Click on Next, navigate to step 2: Expenses.
8. Click on Add Row to add an expense item. Choose Country/Region (mandatory), Expense Date, Expense Type, etc. if necessary. Note: once you select an expense type, you will be asked to maintain expense amount and tax code. 
9. Enter memo for the item at Description->Additional Remarks field.
10. Click on Next, navigate to step 3: Attachments.
11. Add attachments if necessary.
12. Click on Next, navigate to step 4: Review.
13. Confirm the information of this expense report and click Finish.

1. Go to Project Management work center -> Invoice Preparation view -> Not Invoiced Time and Expenses subview.
2. Search for the project YYY and click Edit Time and Expense.
3. Find the item created from expense report YYY.
4. In Description column, the content is not what you maintained in expense report YYY.

Description in Not Invoiced Time and Expenses is related to expense type chosen in expense report.

Content maintained in expense report's Description->Additional Remarks field will be shown in Note field in Not Invoiced Time and Expenses.

This is an expected system behavior.

Project Invoice Request; Expense Report; Description; Note; Expense Type , KBA , SRD-PRO-INV , Projects Customer Invoicing , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To