Symptom
- An exception occurs when attempting to post a supplier invoice to a fixed asset.
- The error message displayed is "Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting. Entry missing for period determination in fiscal year variant XY ; " (XY represents Fiscal year variant)
- Asset "ABC" (ABC stands for Fixed Asset Number) val.view 1: Depreciation code Str.-line from acq.value to 0 cannot be used
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Navigate to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Search for Invoice: BBB (BBB represents the Supplier Invoice Number).
- Select View all.
- Go to the Exception Tab.
- The error message:
"Posting of invoice not possible due to error in financial accounting. Entry missing for period determination in fiscal year variant XY ; "
Asset "ABC" (ABC stands for Fixed Asset Number) val.view 1: Depreciation code Str.-line from acq.value to 0 cannot be used is displayed.
The item in the Supplier Invoice is assigned to an IMAT, therefore shall be posted to a Fixed Asset.
- From the Product Category of the IMAT you find the Fixed Asset Class CCC (CCC stands for Fixed Asset Class).
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Select the Activity Fixed Asset Class.
- Here the Fixed Asset Class CCC is assigned to Depreciation Method 123.
In Help document : Depreciation Methods – Country.
- Here you can see that for Depreciation Method 123 has Period Control Key:003 assigned.
- Also using a customised Fiscal Year.
Cause
The cause of the issue are missing entries in Business Configuration for the Activity 'Other Fiscal Year'.
Resolution
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Go to the Overview view.
- Show Activities and search for "Other Fiscal Year".
- Open the "Other Fiscal Year" activity.
- Select the Fiscal Year Variant XY.
- Go to the Period Control for Fixed Assets tab.
- Maintain period control 003 for each of the accounting period for current fiscal year .
Keywords
Fixed Assets, Supplier Invoice, Posting, Exception, Depreciation Calculation, Fiscal Year, Business Configuration. , KBA , SRD-FIN-FA , Fixed Assets , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions
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