3595992 - 2 accounting documents created when posting to previous period

When posting goods movement to previous period, system generate 2 FI documents. It's not clear why.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

For 3S control material:

With Material Ledger activated (in Public Cloud it's by default), when opening new period, system will generate opening inventory value basing on the ending inventory value in previous period.

If posting date is in previous period, goods movement will generate 2 FI documents. One is to update previous period, and the other one is to update current period.

For 2V control material:

A back-posted goods movement (posting to a previous period) does not generate a second, separate FI document to "update" the current period's opening balance in the way 3S does. Instead, it updates the previous period's ending values and then automatically rolls that change forward into the current period's stock values.

If you expect the system to create two accounting documents even for 2V control materials do refer the KBA mentioned in the "See Also" section.

It's standard system behavior.

Refer to 3749468 : Only One Accounting Document Created For Back-Posted Supplier Invoice With Price Difference — SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Public Edition

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