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3635571 - Error "Plant could not be derived" during intercompany billing request creation in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

The Generate Intercompany Billing Request app fails with the Error message: "Plant could not be derived.", Message number: PROJ_BILLG_ELMNT142.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the "Generate Intercompany Billing Request" application.
  2. Enter the parameters for "Intercompany Sales Document".
  3. Execute the process by selecting "RUN."
  4. Observe the failure with the error message: "Plant could not be derived."

Cause

The plant for the material has not been maintained in the system.

Resolution

  1. Open the "Change Material" application.
  2. Enter the material, sales organization, and distribution channel as specified in the error message.
  3. Navigate to the "Sales: Sales Org 1" section.
  4. Maintain the delivering plant for the material.
  5. Save the changes and reattempt the intercompany billing request creation process.

See Also

Keywords

intercompany billing, plant could not be derived, PROJ_BILLG_ELMNT142, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, billing request creation, 4AN scope item, delivering plant, material maintenance, error message, project billing, Generate Intercompany Billing Request. , KBA , PPM-SCL-BIL-FIO , Fiori UI for Project Billing (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions