Symptom
When you open the Payment Allocation, you can see this error message - Payment Allocated To missing
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Payment Management work center.
- Go to the Payment Allocations view.
- Show all In Preparation allocations, and select the one in question.
- Select the Payment Allocation ID.
- Over the Payment Allocation screen, you can see the error - Payment Allocated To Missing.
Cause
There is a Buffering problem and/or synchronization error when relevant documents are edited concurrently. Error message suggests that although a business partner has been selected and the Open Amount is Zero, there could be some open item assignment problem.
Resolution
In most cases this can be rectified by removing and adding the same customer/supplier ID.
- Go to the Payment Management work center.
- Go to the Payment Allocations view.
- Show all In Preparation allocations, and select the one in question.
- Select the Payment Allocation ID.
- Go to the Customer/Supplier tab.
- Remove the Customer/Supplier ID.
- Press Enter.
- Add the same Customer/Supplier ID.
- Under Open Items, match the items.
- You can see the Post option is enabled.
- Select Post.
Keywords
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