‘Nothing happens’ when posting a Purchase order product receipt

I’ve encountered a problem when posting a product receipt on a purchase order that you need to see to believe. For this reason, I’ve recorded a video which shows the problem and the cause.

The problem is that, when posting a purchase order product receipt, nothing happens. This means the product receipt journal is not created, the status of the items on the order doesn’t update, and perhaps most surprising is that you don’t get an error message.

In my example, we see that a missing ‘Purchase expenditure, un-invoiced’ account on the item’s posting profile is responsible.