Symptom
Error while posting the unposted source document Goods and Services Receipt 123 due to the below error:
Cannot create journal entry; inconsistent data for fixed asset ABC (ABC is the target fixed asset ID)
(123 is the Goods and Services Receipt ID)
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
- Go to the Closing Cockpit View.
- Click on the Source Documents Sub-View.
- Set Show Filter to Unposted Source Documents.
- You observe that some Source Document Type Goods and Services Receipt have the status In Process.
- Select the Document.
- Click on Actions drop down button.
- Click on Post Business Transaction.
- Observe that there is an error: Cannot create journal entry; inconsistent data for fixed asset ABC.
Cause
The target asset ID ABC has been assigned an individual material which has priorly been assigned to a different asset.
This can be checked by opening asset ID ABC:
- A business task will show up in the top of the screen, yellow painted:
"Edit Missing Master Data of Asset to Enable Posting ABC"
- By clicking the business task, an error message will show up at the page bottom:
"Individual material AAA already assigned to fixed asset DEF company GHI".
AAA represents the individual material ID;
DEF represents the fixed asset ID;
GHI represents the company ID.
Resolution
- Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
- Go to the Fixed Assets view.
- Search for Fixed Asset ID ABC.
- Navigate to Master Data -> Individual Material tab, select the row of Individual material AAA and click Remove.
- Click Save.
Now, Goods and Services Receipt can be posted from unposted source documents.
Keywords
ByD Posting Error, Unposted source documents, inconsistent data for fixed asset , KBA , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , Problem