SAP Message AH371 - Bill. order for inst. &1 sch.bill.date &2 bill.proc. &3 not in selection

Diagnosis
If you did not start billing via the billing order selection, youhave to extend the scheduled billing date so that all billing orders areincluded in the billing.
If you did start billing via the billing order selection, thenyou have chosen an incorrect sequence for the selected billing orders.Billing orders can only be selected from the earliest to the most recentwithout any gaps. In a sequence of billing orders, you can only excludebilling orders starting with the most recent one and going back.
Billing order Date Correct selection Incorrect selection
4 01/01/2003 X
3 01/01/2002
2 01/01/2001 X X
1 01/01/2000 X
In addition, note that the system can only process billablebilling orders. You can check this in monitoring.
If none of the above information is relevant in your case, there couldbe an inconsistency in the program. In this case, contact SAP.

Note
The date always refers to the end of the billingperiod for the billing order. This date is determined in thefollowing ways:

  • For flat-rate installations: from the scheduled
  • meter reading date
    • For devices that are metered: from the meter reading
    • date for the periodic meter reading result allocated to thebilling order

      System Response
      The system terminates billing.

      Procedure
      Carry out the billing order selection again. If you exclude any billingorders, do so starting from the most recent to the earliest billingorder.
      IF &[SWITCH]ISU_LOC_CI_EHP5& = 'X'.
      Billing orders with the MDUS status 01Request Must Be Created, 02 Request Sent, and 04 RequestConfirmed are also excluded from processing.
      ENDIF