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3463861 - Expense items description in customer invoice XML in Spanish rather than English as expected

Symptom

Expense items description in customer invoice XML in Spanish rather than English as expected

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

1. Go to Travel and Expenses work center

2. Further to the Expense Reports view.

3. Select All Expense Report and search for the expense report, click Edit and select view all.

4. Select the Expense report Tab, here you can see the expense type in English.

5. Click preview tab and see the expense report all the expenses and descriptions are available in English.

Cause

The Spanish language appearing in the Invoice is due to the Language code that has been passed on from Time and Expense Entry. 

The system behavior identified is as follows. 
1. If the Time and Expense entry is created in Spanish and Approved in Spanish language, then the Spanish language gets passed on to the Project. From Project, this will pass on to Project Invoice request and finally to Invoicing Preview PDF. 

2. If the Time and Expense entry is created in Spanish and Approved in English language, then the English language gets passed on to the Project. From the Project, this will pass on to the Project Invoice request and finally to the Invoicing Preview PDF. The Invoices -were Approved in the Spanish language.

Resolution

The Time and Expense Approver should always log in EN language to avoid other languages coming in the follow-up document. 

Keywords

KBA , SRD-PRO-INV , Projects Customer Invoicing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions