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2927063 - Error "Change of party not permitted; contract exists on item" When Changing Account on Sales Order

Symptom

  • You are creating a follow up sales order for a contract and try to adjust the Account party.
  • You receive the error "Change of party not permitted; contract exists on item 10"

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the Sales Order workcenter.
  2. Select the Contracts view.
  3. Select any contract with material items.
  4. Create follow up Sales Order.
  5. Change Account Party.

Error: "Change of party not permitted; contract exists on item 10"

Cause

  • We have a validation to prevent deviating parties in Contracts and Sales Orders.

Resolution

  • You can adjust the Ship-To and Bill-To party, but the account in contract and follow up sales order needs to be the same.

Keywords

Contract, Party, Account, Change, Error, Vertrag, Beteiligten, Kunde, Änderung, Fehler , KBA , AP-SLO-SO , Sales Order , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2002