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3679312 - Error "Creation of billing document request failed. Unable to determine plant for item" in S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

Try to create a new billing document request from the Manage Project Billing app but receive the error: "Creation of the billing document request failed. Unable to determine a plant for item of reference document. BDR with preceding document has not been created due to item errors."

Environment

  • Sales and Distribution (SD)
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to "Manage Project Billing" app.
  2. Select the billing element lines that you want to bill.
  3. then choose "Prepare Billing".
  4. Choose "Submit".
  5. Observe the error message: "Creation of the billing document request failed. Unable to determine a plant for item of reference document. BDR with preceding document has not been created due to item errors."

Cause

Delivery plant is not maintained correctly. 

Resolution

  1. In the preceding document (Sales Order/Delivery), verify whether the Plant field is maintained for the line item.
  2. Ensure that the material is extended to a valid plant and has relevant sales views maintained.
  3. Verify that the customer master (Shipping tab) has a valid Delivery Plant maintained.

Once the missing plant is maintained or configuration corrected, recreate the Billing Document Request.

See Also

Error while creating billing document using app: manage project billing - SAP Community

Keywords

billing request failed, unable to determine plant, sap s/4hana cloud public edition, error message, plant field missing, sales order, delivery, delivering plant, material extension, sales views, billing document request , KBA , SD-BIL-IV-2CL , Processing Billing Documents (Public Cloud) , SD-BIL , Billing , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2508