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3666743 - Error: "G/L account missing in line item Fixed Assets for item type Historical Costs: Current Year" in GR/IR Clearing Run

Symptom

You are facing the following error message when performing a GR/IR Clearing Run: "G/L account missing in line item Fixed Assets for item type Historical Costs: Current Year". The same error can be observed in "Processed with Errors" tab of the run.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Inventory Valuation WoC.
  2. Go to GR/IR Clearing subview.
  3. Select "All GR/IR Clearing Runs" option.
  4. Search for Run ID: XYZ (XYZ represents the Run ID).
  5. Click "Log Result".
  6. Go to Messages tab, and observe the error message: "G/L account missing in line item Fixed Assets for item type Historical Costs: Current Year".
  7. Check the "Processed with Errors" tab to confirm the same error message.

Cause

 The issue happens due to very small discount (0,01), which ends up becoming zero in the set of books currency. Follow the steps below to check the same:

  1. Open the Purchasing Document Item: ABC-X (ABC-X represents the Purchasing Document Item ID).
  2. Open the Purchase Order: ABC. 
  3. Go to Document Flow > Open Supplier Invoice DEF (DEF represents the Supplier Invoice ID).
  4. In the Document Flow of Supplier Invoice DEF there is a Clearing ID: 123 (123 represents the Clearing ID) > Open the related Journal Entry. 
  5. Here there is an applied Discount of 0,01 GHI (Cleared Credit: -0,01 GHI) (GHI represents the currency type).

Resolution

To resolve this issue, please follow the steps below:

  1. Confirm the issue occurs due to a very small discount as mentioned above.
  2. Verify the purchasing document line-item report to ensure no pending amount needs to be cleared.
  3. Open a new case to SAP Support with permission for backend corrections, so development team can skip this error.

Keywords

gr/ir clearing run, fixed assets, historical costs, g/l account missing, transaction currency amount, backend correction, sap business bydesign, error message, journal entry, inventory valuation, account determination, processed with errors, discount, clearing document , KBA , SRD-FIN-INV , Inventory , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions