External Billing document request is not creating

[ayushtiwari]

Hi,

I tried to create EBDR manually as it is mention in above link https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/browse/scopeitemversions/1MC/S4HANA/1909/US but getting the below error. Could you please help me to resolve this issue?

Thanks,

Pintu

[VeselinaPeykova · Accepted solution]

Actually, I am using a demo client which came with all best practices activated and it is a merged client with 000. We did not apply any additional notes, this is from an on-premise 1909 FPS1 system, but I remember using the same app in 1709 and 1809.

Can it be that your administrator did not activate everything when they implemented best practices in your system?

As to the settings - it is a bit complicated. This is billing for external transaction:

But... you need order type EO01, which is blocked for manual processing and I think they use it for determining a few required parameters, partner procedure, you have item category ED01 and copy controls defined, etc.

If you select an older version of S/4HANA for 1MC (1809 for US) you could download the customizing guide (look for 2E4) and then try to configure the process in a sandbox by following the steps.

I have no clue why SAP decided not to provide customizing guides for 1909, now the site is a lot less useful than it was before.

If even after configuring the process in a sandbox you still cannot get it to work - of course, you could debug the program and see what is the problem, but it makes sense to eliminate the simple things before doing this.

[ayushtiwari · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If possible can u please send the screenshot of order type E001 , item category ED01, VTFL, Bill type capturing the partner details also the VOPAN Tcode details.

Thanks,

Pintu

[VeselinaPeykova · Accepted solution]

ayushtiwari download the customizing guide by following the instructions which I gave you and you will get the required settings for EO01 and ED01. All these are thoroughly explained in the doc file from Best Practices Explorer. It takes a minute to download the file and you already have access to the site.

Here is the link if you are struggling to find it: https://rapid.sap.com/bp/assetsdownload/?publishedUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.sap.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%...

[ayushtiwari · Accepted solution]

As advised we followed the configuration as mentioned in the document and were able to generate bill which has category EBDR.

when we are trying to create invoice we are unable to do so with Message “Sales document type ZSB2 cannot be invoiced with billing type ZSB3”.

ZSB2 is an billing type of category EBDR while ZSB3 is a of category Invoice.

we have maintained copy controls in VTFF as well as mentioned in document. Could you please suggest what could be the reason

Thanks,

Pintu

[ayushtiwari]

Hi,

While posting to accounting we are getting below error.

Thanks,

Pintu

[VeselinaPeykova]

Read the error message again 🙂

It says Sales document type ZSB2 cannot be invoiced with billing type ZSB3.

Your screenshots show copy control from ZSB3 to ZSB2. <- this is the opposite direction.

Come on, you can perform at least some basic troubleshooting on your end...

[ayushtiwari]

Hi ,

We hurriedly posted a wrong screenshot. We tried VTFA on either side and picked up the wrong copy control snapshot for posting.

The issue was not with the copy control it was with the order type wherein we attached incorrect order related billing type .

We have overcome the issue by correcting those value. Thanks a ton for your support.

We are checking now with account determination config which should be sorted out. We are able to generate the final invoice .

We are Keeping the post open for 2-3 days.

Thanks,

Pintu

[ayushtiwari]

Thanks for pointing out the config mistake. We did the configurations as suggested

Still we are getting the error

[VeselinaPeykova]

Read again the documentation carefully, your settings for VTFF on header level are incorrect.

According to the guide you need to specify routine 039 as copying requirement, for assignment number you have to set E and for reference number you have to set E.

041 is for copying requirement at item level.

[VeselinaPeykova]

The first thing that I would check is whether there is billing type BDR1 in VOFA and that it is configured correctly with category EBDR. This is the setting from our 1909 system, compare them with yours:

If still no luck - use transaction EBDR_API_TEST or (better) BAPI_EBDR_CREATEMULTIPLE and debug.

[ayushtiwari]

Hi ,

Thanks for your response. We checked in our system and do not have billing type BDR1.

Instead we were trying to use billing type SVOB as an alternative which has similar document category .We were not able to successfully proceed.

Not sure if this if we can use it though. we used copy of DR document type as a preceding document type and accordingly maintained copy controls for that order type.

Still it is not working. Could you let us know which is order type mapped for BDR1 as a preceding document type.

Ours is also 1909 Version .Did you apply any notes to get those billing types available in your system.

Appreciate your response for the same.

Thanks,

Pintu