Symptom
You are trying to post a Payment Allocation but you receive the error message 'Payment order 123 not in transfer'.
(123 represents that ID of the payment order)
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Payment Management work center.
- Select the Payment Allocation view.
- Search and find Payment allocation ID 123.
- Select the hyperlink for Allocation ID 123.
- Confirm that items have been allocated as expected.
- Press Post.
Error Message: Payment order 123 not in transfer
(Or)
- Go to the Liquidity Management Work Center.
- Go to the Bank Statements View.
- Select the Bank Statement.
- Under Postprocessing column click on Required link.
- A Payment Allocation with Status In Preparation pops up.
- It is possible to see that the Document ID is already Allocated.
- Click on Post button.
- System displays the message: Payment order 123 not in transfer
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.
Resolution
You need to change the status of Payment Order to In Transfer by following below steps:
- Go to the Liquidity Management Work Center.
- Go to the Bank Statements View.
- Select the Bank Statement.
- Under Postprocessing column click on Required link.
- A Payment Allocation with Status In Preparation pops up.
- It is possible to see that the Document ID 123 is already Allocated.
- Click on Document ID 123 and it opens the Payment Order (Ex: Outgoing bank transfer).
- Click on Actions ->Set in Transfer.
Now, you should be able to post the Payment allocation without any error message.
See Also
Payment Allocation, Payment Order, Status of Payment order, Payment allocation error
Keywords
KBA , payment order , status of payment order , payment allocation error , AP-PAY-PAL , Payment Allocation , Problem