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
- Logon to fiori launchpad
- Open 'Post General Journal Entries' app or Verify General Journal Entries App
- 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
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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