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1718618 - Invoice Request Inconsistent Due To Error: "Date for maximum discount must be before other payment dates"

Symptom

When checking a inconsistent Invoice Request XYZ (XYZ represents the invoice request ID) the following error message is shown:

"Date for maximum discount must be before other payment dates".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

    1. Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
    2. Select the Invoice Requests view.
    3. Select Invoice Request XYZ.
    4. You can see that the status is inconsistent.
    5. Click the Check button.

            The following error message appears: "Date for maximum discount must be before other payment dates".

            Cause

            The reference document is inconsistent because not all data has been maintained in the Payment Term in the Business Configuration.

            The Net Due Date is missing for the Payment Term ZZZ hence the successor documents are inconsistent (ZZZ represents the number of the payment term).

            Resolution

            1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
            2. Select the Implementation Projects view.
            3. Select the relevant project and press the Open Activity List button.
            4. Open the activity Accounts.
            5. Select the Maintain Payment Terms hyperlink. 
            6. Select the Payment Term ID ZZZ.
            7. In the Net Price Due section, maintain the respective value for the Number of Days After Invoice Date / Receipt Date.
            8. Select the Save button. 

            Once the value has been maintained, the reference document requires to be corrected as follows:

            1. Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
            2. Select the Invoice Requests view.
            3. Select the inconsistent invoice request XYZ and press the Check button.
            4. Press the Redetermine All button.

            The error message does not occur anymore, the outbound delivery can be invoiced.

            See Also

            KBA: 2814513 - Your Invoice Request Is Inconsistent

            Keywords

            date for maximum discount must be before other payment dates, invoice, inconsistent, invoice request , KBA , AP-CI-CI , Customer Invoice , SRD-MD-OM , Organizational Management , How To

            Product

            SAP Business ByDesign all versions