How To Fix EDOCUMENT_IN002 - Invoice Date is initial

EDOCUMENT_IN002 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EDOCUMENT_IN - Messages for eDocument India

• Message number: 002

• Message text: Invoice Date is initial

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EDOCUMENT_IN002 - Details

• The SAP error message EDOCUMENT_IN002: Invoice Date is initial typically occurs when an electronic document (e-document) is being processed, and the invoice date field is not populated. This can happen in various scenarios, such as during the creation of an invoice or when sending an e-document to a tax authority or a business partner.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Invoice Date: The most common cause is that the invoice date field has not been filled in the relevant transaction or document.
  Data Transfer Issues: If the data is being transferred from another system or module, there may be a failure in mapping the invoice date correctly.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the e-document framework that require the invoice date to be populated but are not set up correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Invoice Date Field: Ensure that the invoice date is filled in the document. You can do this by:
  
  Navigating to the invoice document in SAP.
  Checking the header