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title: "#11431 [Master] - [Expense Management] Move missing Employee Posting Group validation to rule violation"
summary: The Expense Agent now validates Employee Posting Group through rule violations instead of hard errors, allowing users to review and resolve missing posting groups gracefully without getting stuck during submission.
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# #11431 [Master] - [Expense Management] Move missing Employee Posting Group validation to rule violation

> The Expense Agent now validates Employee Posting Group through rule violations instead of hard errors, allowing users to review and resolve missing posting groups gracefully without getting stuck during submission.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/11431) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-09-15 by v-rohangarg20 · 5 files (+231 -5), 4 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Moved Employee Posting Group validation from field-level hard errors to rule violation logic in Expense Rule Validation codeunit
- Added automatic line-level rule re-evaluation when Employee Posting Group is updated on Expense Report Header
- Exposed Employee Posting Group field on the Expense Report page
- Added comprehensive test coverage for the rule violation behavior
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Table 6900 "Expense"](../../objects/table/6900.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Page 6910 "Expense Report"](../../objects/page/6910.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Table 6906 "Expense Report Header"](../../objects/table/6906.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Codeunit 6902 "Expense Rule Validation"](../../objects/codeunit/6902.md), ExpenseAgent: modified

## Context

- Work items: AB#645043
- Labels: AL: Apps (W1), Team: Finance
- Systems: development

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