SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3643330 - Make attachment Mandatory in journal entries during posting in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

The requirement is to implement a validation that mandates an attachment in Post General Journal Entries or Verify General Journal Entries App.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Logon to fiori launchpad
  2. Open 'Post General Journal Entries' app or Verify General Journal Entries App
  3. Post a journal entry and try to make attachment mandatory by going into the attachments tab. It is not possible. 

Cause

Currently, there is no standard functionality available in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to enforce mandatory attachments during journal entry posting. This is the standard system behavior.

Resolution

  1. There is no standard way to make the attachment mandatory for 'Post General Journal Entries' app. Further help in the usage of any of following objects is a consulting topic:
  2.  Please refer to the KBA 3506116 - How to get a list of journal entries with attachments which can help in getting a list of journal entries with attachments.
  3. For retrieving attachment information, use the following APIs: 
    • `API_CV_ATTACHMENT_SRV/GetAttachmentCount` to get the count of attachments linked to a journal entry.
    • `API_CV_ATTACHMENT_SRV/GetAllOriginals` to get the list of attachments linked to a journal entry.
  4. Please follow the KBA 2963059 and submit an influence request at the site https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/campaign

See Also

Knowledge Article 3072643 - Utilization Guide for Different Support Platforms - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Keywords

mandatory attachment, journal entry, sap s/4hana cloud, API_CV_ATTACHMENT_SRV, attachment validation, feature request, post general journal entry, manage journal entries, sap note 3069604, attachment count, attachment retrieval, CA-DMS component. , KBA , FI-FIO-GL-TRA-2CL , Transaction Apps (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions