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3561680 - Supplier invoice showing error " Account determination group is missing for product category ABC"

Symptom

Supplier invoice showing error "Account determination group is missing for product category ABC" (ABC represents the affected product category ID).

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to Invoice Entry view.
  3. Click New Invoice button against purchase order DEF (DEF represents the affected purchase order ID).
  4. On the new invoice screen, error raised "Account determination group is missing for product category ABC".

Cause

The item type for the purchase order item is 'Expense'. For expense type, the created supplier invoice will by default have product type as 'Service'.

It is needed to maintain default account determination groups for service in the system for ABC.

Resolution

New invoice have the product type as service, hence it is needed to maintain the default account determination groups for service in the system.

Please follow below step: 

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Select Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select Open Activity List button.
  4. Select Fine Tune tab.
  5. Search for the activity Default Account Determination Group for Product Categories and select Open button.
  6. Filter the Product Category ABC.
  7. Please add default group for service for Product Category ABC.

After the above steps done, the mentioned error will no longer exist before posting the supplier invoice.

Please be noted that in order to prevent any possible errors raised from accounting side, please also check for the following:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Choose the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Choose Open Activity List button.
  4. Navigate to Fine Tune tab.
  5. Search and choose Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
  6. Choose Open button.
  7. Choose the Account Determination -> Costs.
  8. Choose Account Determination Profile.
  9. Choose the Costs and then choose Service tab and please make sure that the account determination groups for service that you maintained for ABC has been added here.

See Also

1597417 - Error: Account determination group is missing for product category 

1507338 - Unable to Create Supplier Invoice Due to Error Message: Account determination group is missing for product category 

1630236 - Error Message: Account determination group is missing for product category While Assigning Expense Type to a Purchase Order

Keywords

Account determination group is missing for product category, Product category, Account determination, Supplier invoice, Purchase order, Expense, Service , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , AP-ACC , Business ByDesign: Financial Accounting , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions