fix: skip party validation for payroll & it's journal & GL entry submission (backport #49638) (#49826)

* fix: skip party validation for payroll & it's journal & GL entry submission (#49638)

* fix: skip validation for manual je & gl submission linked with payroll entry

* refactor: change condition

* fix: add checkbox in jouranl entry account and passed it true from payroll to skip party validation

* refactor: add checkbox to skip party validation in journal entry

(cherry picked from commit 35474d997d)

# Conflicts:
#	erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.json
#	erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py

* fix: conflicts raised because of cherry pick while backporting

* fix: conflicts

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Co-authored-by: Raheel Khan <raheel@frappe.io>

erpnext/accounts/doctype/gl_entry/gl_entry.py

@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ class GLEntry(Document):
 
 		if not self.is_cancelled and not (self.party_type and self.party):
 			account_type = frappe.get_cached_value("Account", self.account, "account_type")
-			# skipping validation for payroll entry creation in case party is not required
-			if not frappe.flags.party_not_required_for_receivable_payable:
+
+			if not frappe.flags.party_not_required:  # skipping validation if party is not required
 				if account_type == "Receivable":
 					frappe.throw(
 						_("{0} {1}: Customer is required against Receivable account {2}").format(

erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.json

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   "addtional_info",
   "mode_of_payment",
   "payment_order",
+  "party_not_required",
   "column_break3",
   "is_opening",
   "stock_entry",
@@ -543,6 +544,14 @@
    "label": "Is System Generated",
    "no_copy": 1,
    "read_only": 1
+  },
+  {
+   "default": "0",
+   "fieldname": "party_not_required",
+   "fieldtype": "Check",
+   "hidden": 1,
+   "label": "Party Not Required",
+   "no_copy": 1
   }
  ],
  "icon": "fa fa-file-text",
@@ -557,7 +566,7 @@
    "table_fieldname": "payment_entries"
   }
  ],
- "modified": "2024-07-18 15:32:29.413598",
+ "modified": "2025-09-29 13:05:46.982277",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Accounts",
  "name": "Journal Entry",

erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class JournalEntry(AccountsController):
 		multi_currency: DF.Check
 		naming_series: DF.Literal["ACC-JV-.YYYY.-"]
 		paid_loan: DF.Data | None
+		party_not_required: DF.Check
 		pay_to_recd_from: DF.Data | None
 		payment_order: DF.Link | None
 		posting_date: DF.Date
@@ -543,10 +544,10 @@ class JournalEntry(AccountsController):
 		for d in self.get("accounts"):
 			account_type = frappe.get_cached_value("Account", d.account, "account_type")
 
-			# skipping validation for payroll entry creation
-			skip_validation = frappe.flags.party_not_required_for_receivable_payable
 			if account_type in ["Receivable", "Payable"]:
-				if not (d.party_type and d.party) and not skip_validation:
+				if (
+					not (d.party_type and d.party) and not self.party_not_required
+				):  # skipping validation if party_not_required is passed via payroll entry
 					frappe.throw(
 						_(
 							"Row {0}: Party Type and Party is required for Receivable / Payable account {1}"
@@ -1139,6 +1140,11 @@ class JournalEntry(AccountsController):
 						}
 					)
 
+				# set flag to skip party validation
+				account_type = frappe.get_cached_value("Account", d.account, "account_type")
+				if account_type in ["Receivable", "Payable"] and self.party_not_required:
+					frappe.flags.party_not_required = True
+
 				gl_map.append(
 					self.get_gl_dict(
 						row,
@@ -1166,6 +1172,7 @@ class JournalEntry(AccountsController):
 				merge_entries=merge_entries,
 				update_outstanding=update_outstanding,
 			)
+			frappe.flags.party_not_required = False
 			if cancel:
 				cancel_exchange_gain_loss_journal(frappe._dict(doctype=self.doctype, name=self.name))
 

erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry_account/journal_entry_account.json

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
  "idx": 1,
  "istable": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2025-07-25 04:45:28.117715",
+ "modified": "2025-09-29 13:01:48.916517",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Accounts",
  "name": "Journal Entry Account",