FI vendor block
Vendor is blocked for posting
Vendor invoice or payment posting fails because the supplier is blocked at central or company-code level.
Quick answer
- Most likely cause
- The supplier has a posting block at company-code or central level.
- Check first
- Business Partner/vendor master posting-block indicators.
- First resolution step
- Confirm whether the block is intentional before any change.
Likely root causes
- The supplier has a posting block at company-code or central level.
- The wrong supplier master was selected.
- A governance/compliance process intentionally blocked the supplier.
What to inspect
- Business Partner/vendor master posting-block indicators.
- Company code used by the document.
- Workflow/compliance status if the supplier block is controlled externally.
Resolution path
- Confirm whether the block is intentional before any change.
- Use the correct supplier if the document references the wrong one.
- Remove a block only via the approved supplier-governance process.
- Retest the posting after the master-data status is valid.
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