3810970 - URL attachment unavailable for supplier invoice with G/L account posting in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

When opening a supplier invoice from the Supplier Invoices List app, the following behaviour may be observed:

• The invoice does not open in the standard Fiori view; instead, the system redirects to the advanced processing screen in a separate browser tab.
• A pop-up message is displayed: "Invoice is of type 'Supplier Invoice - Advanced' is processed in advanced mode in a different browser tab."
• The Attachments tab — including the option to add a URL attachment — is not available in the advanced processing screen.
• As a result, it is not possible to attach a URL document to the invoice through the standard navigation from the Supplier Invoices List app.
• The described behaviour occurs specifically when the affected invoice contains a direct G/L account posting line item.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Log in to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and open the Supplier Invoices List app from the SAP Fiori Launchpad.
2. Search for and select a supplier invoice that contains a direct G/L account posting line item.
3. Click on the invoice entry to open the invoice details.
4. Observe that the system displays a pop-up message and redirects the invoice to the advanced processing screen in a separate browser tab.
5. Attempt to locate the Attachments tab or URL attachment option in the advanced processing screen.
6. Observe that the Attachments tab is not available in this view, preventing URL attachment.

When a supplier invoice contains a direct G/L account posting line item, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition automatically classifies the invoice as Supplier Invoice - Advanced type. Invoices of this type are processed in the advanced mode screen, which opens in a separate browser tab rather than in the standard Fiori invoice view.

The Fiori Attachments tab — which provides the option to add URL attachments — is available only in the standard Fiori invoice view. The advanced processing screen does not include this tab. This is the reason the URL attachment option is inaccessible when navigating to such invoices from the Supplier Invoices List app.

This behaviour is by design in the current product release. The advanced processing screen is a separate processing channel for invoices requiring complex G/L account assignments, and its feature set differs from the standard Fiori invoice view.

Workaround: Use the Manage Attachments app on the SAP Fiori Launchpad to attach a URL document directly to the supplier invoice, bypassing the need to open the invoice through the advanced processing screen.

The following steps describe how to add a URL attachment using the Manage Attachments app:

1. Open the Manage Attachments app from the SAP Fiori Launchpad.
2. In the search area, select the relevant object type (for example, Supplier Invoice) and enter the invoice number or other identifying criteria to locate the invoice.
3. Select the invoice document from the search results.
4. Choose Add and select URL as the attachment type.
5. Enter the URL to be attached and provide a description if required.
6. Save the attachment. The URL is now linked to the supplier invoice document.

Product enhancement request

Since the absence of an Attachments tab in the advanced processing screen is a product design decision, a change to this behaviour requires a product enhancement request. Feedback can be submitted through the Customer Influence Portal (CIP) using the SAP for Me portal. Refer to the following KBAs for guidance on submitting product feedback:

• KBA 3606803 - How to submit product-relevant feedback for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
• KBA 2838428 - How to submit feature requests for Procure in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

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