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3214369 - Error Message: Assigned Payment 123 Already Confirmed; Choose Another Payment while Posting Payment Allocation

Symptom

You are trying to post a Payment Allocation but you receive the error message 'Assigned Payment 123 Already Confirmed; Choose Another Payment'.

(123 represents that ID of the payment order)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Payment Management work center.
  2. Select the Payment Allocation view.
  3. Search and find Payment allocation ID 123.
  4. Select the hyperlink for Allocation ID 123.
  5. Confirm that items have been allocated as expected.
  6. Press Post.

Error Message:Assigned Payment 123 Already Confirmed; Choose Another Payment

(Or)

  1. Go to the Liquidity Management Work Center.
  2. Go to the Bank Statements View.
  3. Select the Bank Statement.
  4. Under Postprocessing column click on Required link.
  5. A Payment Allocation with Status In Preparation pops up.
  6. It is possible to see that the Document ID is already Allocated.
  7. Click on Post button.
  8. System displays the message:Assigned Payment 123 Already Confirmed; Choose Another Payment

Cause

The reason is due to Payment order status is different than In Transfer status. Payment Order should be In Transfer status to allocate the amount.

Payment 123 is already posted and allocated in another payment allocation.

Resolution

You need to use new/another Payment order which is In Transfer status to allocate amount, then you should be able to post the Payment allocation without any error.

See Also

 Payment Allocation, Payment Order, Status of Payment order, Payment allocation error

Keywords

KBA , payment allocation error , assigned payment already confirmed , choose another payment , AP-PAY-PAL , Payment Allocation , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions