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SD customer block

Customer is blocked for sales

VA01/VA02 or an interface cannot create/continue a sales document because the customer has a sales or order block.

Likely root causes

  1. Customer/BP sales-area data contains an order/delivery/billing block.
  2. A credit/compliance/master-data process intentionally applied a block.
  3. The wrong customer record is being used.

What to inspect

  1. BP/customer sales-area block fields.
  2. Sales document block status and reason.
  3. Credit/compliance workflow if the block originates outside master data.

Resolution path

  1. Confirm whether the block is intentional.
  2. Use the correct customer if reference data is wrong.
  3. Remove a block only through the authorized business process.
  4. Retry the order and verify downstream delivery/billing blocks.

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