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3614763 - Unable to Post Supplier Invoice due to Error - Item 1: Sum of items does not match total value in amount

Symptom

Unable to post supplier invoice due to the following error message. 

Error - Item 1: Sum of items does not match total value in amount.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center
  2. Go to Invoices and Credit Memos view
  3. Select the relevant Supplier Invoice
  4. Edit the Invoice and click on Check button
  5. Error appears

Cause

The Supplier Invoice does not have reference to the purchase order. The system validates the pricing information during the invoice processing stage when the invoice has reference to the purchase order document. However, the Supplier Invoice does not have reference to the purchase order. The error occurs due to incorrect calculation of pricing at line item level and the pricing column needs to be refreshed.

Resolution

To eliminate the error message you can follow the below steps;

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center
  2. Go to Invoices and Credit Memos view
  3. Select the relevant Supplier Invoice and navigate to Items tab
  4. Remove the Net Price entered for line item and re-enter
  5. This way the system calculates the pricing in the backend properly and the exception will be set to obsolete
  6. Save and Close the Invoice

See Also

Refer to: InfoDoc 74706 / 2024 / BYD2311 Supplier Invoice Exception

Keywords

Item 1: Sum of items does not match total value in amount; sum of items, total value, financial accounting, blocked date, sap business bydesign, invoice processing, pricing validation, line item, net price, general ledger, open and close periods, operational postings , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions