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3601001 - Error "Activity type *** does not exist" when Scheduling Job in App "Transfer Project Forecast to Finance" for Customer Project

Symptom

When scheduling a job in the "Transfer Project Forecast to Finance" app for a customer project, receive the error KS212: "Activity type *** does not exist." 

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Schedule a job in the "Transfer Project Forecast to Finance" app
  2. Select the customer project for the main parameter
  3. Click "Schedule"
  4. Receive error KS212 "Activity type *** does not exist"

Cause

For the work packages of the customer project, actuals have been posted to G/L accounts. These G/L accounts are mapped to the expense activity type mentioned in the error message. The activity type has been defined as an expense in the configuration activity "Define Expenses" (ID: 101306), but it has not been assigned to the resource type 0EXP in the configuration activity "Map Resources to Resource Types" (ID: 103299).

Resolution

Please assign the activity type ID to the resource type 0EXP in the configuration activity "Map Resources to Resource Types" (ID: 103299) before posting actuals to mapped G/L accounts.

Keywords

Transfer Project Forecast to Finance, Customer Project, Activity Type, Resource Type, Error, KS212, Activity type does not exist , KBA , CA-CPD-SS , S/4HANA Public Cloud – Professional Service Projects , PPM-SCL-STR , Project Structure (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions