2488093 - Error: Only manual payment possible for format Manual Payment (payment XYZ)

You are trying to generate a Payment File, however the system shows the error message 'Only manual payment possible for format Manual Payment'.

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1. Go to the Payment Management work center.
2. Go to the Payment Monitor view.
3. Search for Payment XYZ with status Ready for Transfer (XYZ means the Document ID of the payment).
4. Click Actions > Create Payment File/Batch.
5. System displays the error: 'Only manual payment possible for format Manual Payment (payment XYZ)'.

System is picking the Payment Medium Format as Manual Payment and for this format it is not possible to create a Payment File.

You can check the same by accessing the following path:

1. Go to the Business Configuration Work Center.
2. Go to the Overview View.
3. Search and open the activity Outgoing Bank Transfers.
4. Click Edit payment medium formats.
5. Search for Payment Medium Format 75 - Manual Payment. You will see that this format has the Payment Medium Type as 1 - Paper. Therefore, it is not possible to create a Payment File for it.

To resolve this issue it is necessary to assign another Payment Medium Format for the respective Bank, as per following steps:

1. Go to the Liquidity Management Work Center.
2. Go to the Master Data > My Banks.
3. Search and open the respective My Bank.
4. Go to the Payment Formats Tab.
5. Add another Payment Medium Format Code in front of the Manual Payment format.
6. Click Save button.

After performing these steps, you can create a new payment and with the new Payment Medium Format Code system will allow the creation of Payment File.

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