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3544239 - Unable to create Billing Document due to error "The document is not relevant for billing."

Symptom

When creating a Billing Document receives the following error:

  • "The document is not relevant for billing."

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Create Billing Documents app
  2. Try creating a Billing Document using an Outbound Delivery with Item Category CBTA as reference

Cause

For the Outbound Delivery, the item Category is CBTA, and it has the Billing Relevance :I Order-Related Billing - Billing Plan. This indicates that the billing process is based on the billing plan and its status, which is specific to the billing plan scenario.

Please refer the SAP documentation: Billing Plans | SAP Help Portal 

It is not possible to create a Billing Document from the Outbound Delivery with CBTA as Item Category.

Resolution

To use the CBTA Item Category, please follow the BJE scope item. The billing plan needs to be created as per the steps provided in the BJE (Make-to-Order Production - Finished Goods Sales and Final Assembly).

For more information, see the link: Process Navigator - SAP for Me

See Also

Keywords

"The document is not relevant for billing.", billing document, outbound delivery, Billing Relevance, Order-Related Billing, Billing Plan, CBTA, BJE , KBA , SD-BIL-IV-2CL , Processing Billing Documents (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions