PO Account assignment category change blanks out GL account

When changing the AAC on a PO from 'I' to a 'U', for certain price conditions, the GL account gets blanked out. The OME9 setting for both I and U is 'GL account number field is mandatory'. This occurs even when no GR/IR have been performed on the PO. The error message ME083 - 'Enter GL Account' is thrown. Occurs in ME22N and when using BAPI_PO_ChANGE. Is this normal?
Thanks for your help.
-Sanjay

I think it is normal. There is a checkbox 'Derive acct. assgt.' in OME9. Here is the help text on this field.
If Inventory Management is not active in your system, you must specify (enter) the preliminary account assignments for all the items manually. Setting this indicator enables you to by-pass this step. You will then no longer get the dialog box for the entry of a preliminary account assignment.
You maintain the automatic account assignment specification facility using the Customizing functionality of Financial Accounting under Maintain automatic account determination.
Check the checkbox and see if it solves your issue. Apparently, checking this checkbox enables fetching the account from Maintain automatic account assignment config. table.

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