3734268 - Account requires CO assignment error appears during GR/IR automatic clearing for exchange difference lines - S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Error "Account XXXXXX requires an account assignment relevant to cost accounting" occurs during GR/IR clearing when running Automatic Clearing.

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1. Open the App Schedule General Ledger Jobs (F1927) and run the Automatic Clearing job for GR/IR.
2. Review the job log for items that fail to clear.
3. Observe the error "Account XXXXXX requires an account assignment relevant to cost accounting"

An exchange rate difference line inherits a cost center from the invoice being cleared that has the “revenues” category, making it a statistical controlling object. Since G/L Account for Exchange Difference requires real CO assignment, there is an error appearing. Configuration from Manage Default Account Assignments is not used as there is already a cost object assigned. 

This behavior is reviewed at the moment. Until it is changed you can use following workaround:

1. Create BAdI Implementation for FIN_CODING_BLOCK_SUBSTITUTION enhancement point.

2. For exchange rate G/L Account XXXXXX clear Cost Center if it is the only account assignment.

3. That would trigger account assignment to be taken from Manage Default Account Assignments configuration, i.e. Profitability Segment should be determined.

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