SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2731557 - How to block a Supplier for Payment

Symptom

The aim is to block a Supplier for Payment but when selecting Change Status: Blocked in the Suppliers view, it does not work.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Payables workcenter.
  2. Go to the Suppliers view.
  3. Select the concerned Supplier and click Change Status, then select Blocked.

Result: notice that after taking the above steps, this Supplier is still picked for payment.

Cause

When Blocked was clicked in 'Change Status', it is regarding the posting of invoices. Therefore, the action only prevented the invoices regarding this supplier to get posted.

Resolution

If the aim is to block a Supplier for Payment, the following steps should be done:

  1. Go to the Payables workcenter.
  2. Go to the Suppliers view.
  3. Select the concerned Supplier and click Edit -> Financial Data.
  4. Go in the subtab Payment Data.
  5. In Companies, select the Company and add a Payment Block Reason and Payment Block Expiry Date.

Keywords

Block,  Supplier, Block Supplier, Block Payment, bloquer fournisseurs, Liederanten blockieren, change status , KBA , AP-PAY , Payment Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions