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3426500 - Error Appears While Trying to Post Intercompany Supplier Invoice

Symptom

System creates an intercompany supplier invoice however there is an exception while posting. 

Error Messages: Account assignment data missing for item; see Cost Distribution
- Purchase document canceled (KBA: 1577279)

Warning Message: The delivery note is not found. The delivery note does not exist or is inactive, or the supplier, buying company, product, product category, or product type in the delivery note differs from that in the supplier invoice.

Info message - The purchase document with item does not exist or is inactive; or the supplier, buying company, product, product category, or product type differs from that in the supplier invoice.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center
  2. Go to Invoices and Credit Memos view
  3. Select the relevant Supplier Invoice
  4. Select Edit and navigate to Exceptions tab
  5. You can see the error

Cause

In the Purchase Order items tab under basic data sub tab, there is a section called Follow-up Documents. Here Invoice Expected check box is not selected. Meaning you are not expecting any invoice to be created for this item and system will not allow you to create invoice. Hence the error message appears and it is a valid error. 

Resolution

If you want to create supplier invoice, you can create manual invoice with out reference to order. Or Else you have to cancel all the follow up documents created with reference to Purchase Order and then select the Invoice expected check box for an item and create the follow up documents again.

Keywords

Account assignment data missing for item; see Cost Distribution; Purchase document canceled (KBA: 1577279);The delivery note is not found. The delivery note does not exist or is inactive, or the supplier, buying company, product, product category, or product type in the delivery note differs from that in the supplier invoice. , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2311