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3541614 - Error Message: 'Cannot Create Journal Entry; Inconsistent Data for Fixed Asset ABC' while Posting Unposted Source Document

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

  1. Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
  2. Go to the Closing Cockpit View.
  3. Click on the Source Documents Sub-View.
  4. Set Show Filter to Unposted Source Documents.
  5. You observe that some Source Document Type Goods and Services Receipt have the status In Process.
  6. Select the Document.
  7. Click on Actions drop down button.
  8. Click on Post Business Transaction.
  9. 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:

  1. A business task will show up in the top of the screen, yellow painted: 
    "Edit Missing Master Data of Asset to Enable Posting ABC"
     
  2. 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

  1. Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
  2. Go to the Fixed Assets view.
  3. Search for Fixed Asset ID ABC.
  4. Navigate to Master Data -> Individual Material tab, select the row of Individual material AAA and click Remove.
  5. 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

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions