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3590526 - Entry missing for period determination in fiscal year variant XY

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

  1. Navigate to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Search for Invoice: BBB (BBB represents the Supplier Invoice Number).
  3. Select View all.
  4. Go to the Exception Tab.
  5. 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).
  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Select the Activity Fixed Asset Class.
  3. 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

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to the Overview view.
  3. Show Activities and search for "Other Fiscal Year".
  4. Open the "Other Fiscal Year" activity.
  5. Select the Fiscal Year Variant XY.
  6. Go to the Period Control for Fixed Assets tab.
  7. 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