Symptom
Automatic Sales Order not generating for billing of costs between affiliated companies
Environment
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- S/4HANA: Sales EDI Messages (Public Cloud)
Reproducing the Issue
- In Manage Purchase Orders (F0842A), choose Create and enter header data (for example: supplier, currency, purchasing group, purchasing organization, company code).
- On Items, add a service/material item (for example: material, plant, order quantity).
- In the item:
- 1. On the General tab: set Account Assignment Category to Cost Center and enter a net price.
- 2. On Process Control: ensure Goods Receipt and Goods-Receipt-Based Invoice Verification are not selected.
- 3. On Tax: enter a valid input tax code.
- 4. On Schedule Lines: set a performance period (start = today; end = today + 30 days).
- 5. On Account Assignment: enter a valid Cost Center and apply.
- Choose Order to create the purchase order.
- Open Manage Sales Orders (F1873), search using the purchase order number in Customer Reference.
- Actual result: No sales order is found; Desired result: A sales order should be created and visible.
Cause
Multiple causes such as:
- Scope item 3ZB (Billing of costs between affiliated companies) not active.
- Dependent scope item 2EJ (Integration of Procurement with External Suppliers) not active.
- Incorrect system configuration.
Resolution
- Ensure that the relevant scope items have been activated.
- Refer to setup instructions of the 3ZB scope item and ensure that the communication arrangement and system are correctly configured as per client specific needs.
Keywords
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Product
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions
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