VF 046
Sold-to party could not be determined
Billing processing, often from an interface/IDoc, cannot determine a valid sold-to party for the sales area.
Quick answer
- Most likely cause
- Partner number in the inbound data cannot be mapped to a sold-to business partner.
- Check first
- Inbound partner data and sales area.
- First resolution step
- Confirm the intended sold-to party and sales area.
Likely root causes
- Partner number in the inbound data cannot be mapped to a sold-to business partner.
- Sales-area data in the message does not match the BP/customer master.
- Partner determination or interface mapping is incomplete.
What to inspect
- Inbound partner data and sales area.
- BP/customer sales-area master data.
- Partner determination and external-to-internal partner mapping.
Resolution path
- Confirm the intended sold-to party and sales area.
- Correct the interface/partner mapping or complete BP sales-area data.
- Do not substitute an arbitrary customer to make billing post.
- Reprocess only after partner determination is validated.
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