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R12: AP/OIE: Expense Report Export Failed with Error Liability Account is Invalid (INVALID LIABILITY ACCT) (Doc ID 2957439.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Internet Expenses - Version 12.2.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Exporting iExpense report failed with error "Liability account is invalid"

The "Expense Report Export" concurrent program request log file shows the following:

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Payables: Version : 12.2
Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
APXEXPER: Expense Report Export
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Current system time is 11-JAN-2023 20:00:21

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

**Starts**11-JAN-2023 20:00:21
**Ends**11-JAN-2023 20:00:42
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Start of log messages from FND_FILE
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Begin Receipts Management - Holds
Process Hold Each Scenario
Determine whether to place Holds
Process Hold All Scenario
Determine whether to place Holds
Process Hold BothPay Scenario
Determine whether to place Holds
Process Obsolete Holds
Obsolete Holds
Obsolete Both Pay Holds
Begin Processing Individual expense reports
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4399542.1**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
...
...
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4518370.1**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
1 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
INVALID LIABILITY ACCT
2 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
NO INVOICE LINES
3 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
UNDEFINED OPERATING UNIT
...
...
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4478380.1**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
1 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
INVALID LIABILITY ACCT
2 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
NO INVOICE LINES
3 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
UNDEFINED OPERATING UNIT
...
...
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4511413.1**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
1 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
INVALID LIABILITY ACCT
2 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
NO INVOICE LINES
3 Errors found interfacing data to AP ...
UNDEFINED OPERATING UNIT
...
...
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4344397**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
Fetching expense report...
Expense Report Number : **4344397.1**
Transfer Attachments option(Y/N):Y
Validate Amounts
...

Notice the Error INVALID LIABILITY ACCT

No liability account is setup for the employee-type Supplier associated to these expenses.  But, a liability account is entered during the expense report creation


Steps to reproduce:

  1. Log into Applications using a Payables responsibility.
  2. Open the Standard Request Submission (SRS) screen
    (N) Other > Request > Run
  3. Find / Submit the "Expense Report Export" concurrent.
  4. Review the Log file generated and see the Error, among others.

 

Cause

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