3747756 - Inbound DELFOR fails with error “Cumulative delivered quantity is smaller than cumulative received quantity” after fiscal year change in Sales Scheduling Agreements in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Inbound delivery schedules (e.g. DELFOR / SOAP messages) for Sales Scheduling Agreements fail during processing with the error:

“The current cumulative delivered quantity is smaller than the cumulative received quantity” (V4015 / V4242)

The message fails in integration/message monitoring.

Additional observations may include:

• Issue occurs after fiscal year change
• Some scheduling agreements process successfully while others fail
• Manual correction deliveries may have been applied
• Issue may only appear in productive systems

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Use a Sales Scheduling Agreement with active EDI integration
2. Perform a fiscal year change
3. Ensure:
   • No goods issue has been posted in the new fiscal year
   • Cumulative delivered quantity is reset to 0
4. Send an inbound delivery schedule (DELFOR / SOAP)
5. (Optional) Create one or more correction deliveries
6. Observe that the inbound message fails with a cumulative quantity error

Error

V4015 / V4242
“The current cumulative delivered quantity is smaller than the cumulative received quantity”

This behavior is standard SAP system logic related to fiscal year change handling of cumulative quantities.

• At the beginning of a new fiscal year:
  • The system resets cumulative delivered quantity to 0
• If an inbound delivery schedule implies that quantities have already been received (based on cumulative logic), the system detects:
  • Cumulative received quantity > cumulative delivered quantity
• The system blocks processing to prevent inconsistencies

Additional contributing factors:

• Multiple or incorrect correction deliveries can create inconsistent cumulative values
• The first inbound delivery schedule in the new fiscal year must establish a valid baseline

Recommended approach:

1. Establish a clean baseline in the new fiscal year
   • Ensure the first delivery schedule:
     • Does not rely on historical cumulative quantities, or
     • Is processed after the first goods issue in the new fiscal year
2. Avoid multiple resets of cumulative quantities
   • Only one consistent baseline should be established
   • Repeated correction deliveries can lead to inconsistencies
3. Use correction deliveries where necessary
   • To align cumulative quantities if inconsistencies already exist
   • Can be done manually or via API
4. Adjust EDI logic (for high-volume scenarios)
   • Ensure the first inbound message in the new fiscal year aligns with SAP cumulative logic
   • Prevent unintended carry-over of historical quantities

Important Notes

• This is not a software defect
• Behavior is documented in:
  • KBA 922638 – Fiscal year change in scheduling agreements
• No standard functionality exists to perform a mass reset of cumulative quantities in S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
• Once a valid baseline is established, subsequent inbound messages process normally

• Refer to: 922638 - FAQ: Fiscal year change in scheduling agreements (Variant A)
• Refer to: FAQ for Sales Scheduling Agreements — Year Change
• Refer to: Create Correction Delivery (OData API)
• Refer to: Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Sales Scheduling Agreements

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