Symptom
- When creating a supplier invoice, multiple purchase orders from different suppliers can be preselected together.
- The app displays only one supplier for the combined selection.
- No warning or error message is shown.
OR -
When attempting to simulate or post a supplier invoice using the Create Supplier Invoice app (or equivalent entry point) in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, one or more of the following messages related to the invoicing party may appear:
- M8 286 – Different invoicing party planned in purchase order
- M8 287 – Different invoicing party planned for delivery costs item in PO
- M8 288 – Different invoicing party planned in purchase order
- M8 289 – Different invoicing party planned for delivery costs item in PO
It may not be immediately clear which message applies under which circumstances, or how all four messages should be configured.
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Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
- Open the Create Supplier Invoice or Supplier Invoice Advanced app.
- Select multiple purchase orders that belong to different suppliers to prefill the invoice.
- Observe that the system allows the prefill and shows only one supplier without any prompt or error.
OR
- Open the Create Supplier Invoice or Supplier Invoice Advanced app.
- Select multiple purchase orders that belong to different suppliers to prefill the invoice.
- System will give error messages as below,
M8 286 – Different invoicing party planned in purchase order
M8 287 – Different invoicing party planned for delivery costs item in PO
M8 288 – Different invoicing party planned in purchase order
M8 289 – Different invoicing party planned for delivery costs item in PO
Cause
Depending on the invoicing party selected at header level and the item filter type chosen during invoice entry, a different message is triggered.
1. If no message is set under SSCUI 102091 for for message numbers 286, 287, 288, and 289, then system allow to create Supplier invoice with multiple supplier, but shows one supplier in the invoice.
OR
The specific message raised depends on the combination of:
1. Whether the header invoicing party differs from the PO item vendor, the delivery cost vendor, or both.
2. The filter type selected for the invoice items (Goods/Service items only, Planned delivery cost items only, or both combined).
Resolution
This is standard system behavior in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
- If the business requirement is to allow posting with a different invoicing party, the message severity should be changed from Error (E) to Warning (W) or blank.
- If the business requirement is to stop processing supplier invoices with different suppliers then appropriate messages can be configured from below.
Configuration steps for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition:
i) Navigate to the Manage Your Solution app.
ii) Choose Configure Your Solution.
iii) Select Sourcing and Procurement as the application area and Invoice Processing as the sub-application area.
iv) Open the self-service configuration app Incoming Invoice.
V) Under the configuration step Customer-Specific Message Categories (SSCUI 102091 – Define Message Types for Area M8), create or update entries for message numbers 286, 287, 288, and 289, setting the message type to Warning (W) or Error (E) as required.
| Message | Filter Type | Scenario |
|---|---|---|
| M8 286 | Goods/Service items | Header invoicing party differs from the PO item vendor (goods invoice entered; no delivery costs included) |
| M8 287 | Planned delivery cost items | Header invoicing party differs from the delivery cost vendor (invoice for delivery costs only entered) |
| M8 288 | Goods/Service items + Planned delivery cost items | Header invoicing party differs from both the PO item vendor and the delivery cost vendor (goods invoice with delivery costs entered) |
| M8 289 | Goods/Service items + Planned delivery cost items | Header invoicing party matches the PO item vendor but differs from the delivery cost vendor (goods invoice with delivery costs entered) |
Keywords
create supplier invoice, supplier invoice advanced, multiple purchase orders, different suppliers, single supplier displayed, no error, no warning, invoice verification, fiori app, preselect po, purchase order reference, vendor mismatch behavior, procure to pay, goods receipt, po-based invoicing, M8 286, M8 287, M8 288, M8 289 , KBA , MM-FIO-IV-2CL , Fiori UI for Invoice Verification (Public Cloud) , Problem
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