Symptom
A Supplier Invoice is created with the Item Type as Additional Cost Debit Item, and an attempt is made to distribute the cost among other Invoices or Credit Memos by entering the Purchase Order ID; however, this adds an unwanted Purchase Order to the Supplier Invoice.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Select New Invoice Without Purchase Order common task.
- Add all the relevant information (such as Supplier, External Document ID, Invoice Date).
- Navigate to Items tab.
- Change the Item type to Additional Cost Debit Item.
- Add the information abou the item (such as Description, Tax Code, Quantity, Net Price).
- Select Cost Distribution sub-tab.
- Click on the link Distribute among other invoices or credit memos.
- Search for a Purchase Order ID.
- Click on Distribute.
- Click on OK.
- Navigate to General tab.
In General tab see that the there is some unwanted Purchase Orders added to this Invoice.
Cause
This function is used to distribute the cost among the Supplier Invoice, this is why is selecting all the Invoice items, since not all the items in this document are from the same Purchase Order, the system will add all the Purchase Orders IDs in the New Supplier Invoice.
To exclude lines from other Purchase Orders during cost distribution, directly search by Invoice ID or Item ID and select only the necessary items.
Resolution
System behavior
Keywords
Distribute among other invoices or credit memos, Supplier Invoice, Credit Memos, Purchase Order, Cost Distribution , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , How To