Billing document not transferrred to Accounting: Msg no. KE350

[Former Member]

Dear All.

We're having an issue in SD Billing. Some billing documents error out when released to accounting.

This is due to a material on the billing document, which is set up as FERT but they are also checked field 'Do not Cost' on the material master. As our accounting group does not want to cost these materials.

So we turned off the 'Determine Cost' checkbox on the item category. Seems ok, no VPRS is calculated now in the billing document.

Still though the items error out when the billing document is generated and no accounting document is generated.

Message = Valuation with material cost estimate: error with product "xxxxx"

Any thoughts, or seen this before?

Many Thanks!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

This is failing because COPA valuation is active in your system and a product cost estimate is required for that material type. If you don't want to create a product cost estimate for this material then you must change one of the valuation settings in your system. Currently your system is set so that if a valution key is not assigned an error message is issued. That can be changed so that an error message is not issued if a costing key is not found. Another option is to assign a "blank" costing key to this particular material. In that case the costing key requirement is meet and the item will post.

There are different ways to assign costing keys for valuation, so you will need to check to see how your system is set. Check transaction code KE4J. If you have settings in that table then keys are assigned by material type. If desired, you can deactivate the error message for the costing key so that the posting will not fail if a costing key is not found. (Controlling - Profitablity analysis - Mater data - Valuation - Setup valaution using material cost estimate - Define access to standard cost estimate)

Alternatively, you can maintain costing keys with t-code KEPC. This one is more flexible and preferred. Here you can create derivation rules for finding costing keys. Create one rule for finding a costing key by material and another rule for finding by material type (or what ever characteristics make sense for you). For the rule by material, assign a "blank" costing key to the materials that should not be valuated. This will satisfy the costing key requirement and you will not ger a valuation error.

thanks,

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you for the reply.

Very helpful. Our CO-PA people did just like one of your suggestions and set up a costing key with no error message if no costing key found.

However, I really liked your suggestion on using KEPC and think that we'll want to re-visit this functionality at some point and make use of it. Looks very flexible. Versus going off material type, which is a little limiting in what we can do.

Many thanks.

[Lakshmipathi]

Check this thread

[Re: VF02- Invopice posting issue|]

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[former_member396676]

Hi,

There no setting required in item category.Actually you need input from CO consultant.When you release ivoice to accounts FI and CO documents are generated.

thanks,

Vrajesh