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title: "#11798 [main] Bug 650733 External Doc No. now mandatory on Service Invoice"
summary: Fixes a bug where posting a service invoice wrongly required an External Document No. The check in Serv-Posting Journals Mgt. is adjusted in the W1, NA and ES layers, and the service invoice posting tests are extended.
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# #11798 [main] Bug 650733 External Doc No. now mandatory on Service Invoice

> Fixes a bug where posting a service invoice wrongly required an External Document No. The check in Serv-Posting Journals Mgt. is adjusted in the W1, NA and ES layers, and the service invoice posting tests are extended.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/11798) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-09-25 by MSNehaNawal · 5 files (+109 -54), 3 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Addresses the bug where External Doc. No. had become mandatory on service invoices
- Serv-Posting Journals Mgt. changed in the W1, NA and ES layers
- Service invoice posting tests extended in W1 and NA
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Codeunit 5987 "Serv-Posting Journals Mgt."](../../objects/codeunit/5987.md), Base Application: modified
- `src/Layers/ES/BaseApp/Service/Posting/ServPostingJournalsMgt.Codeunit.al`: modified, not in the BC30 snapshot

## Also merged into

- [#11966](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/11966) into `releases/29.x` on 2026-09-30

## Context

- Work items: AB#650733
- Labels: Team: SCM
- Systems: service
- From the description: "External Doc No. now mandatory on Service Invoice"

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