3253201 - Error 'Invoice XYZ must be paid by/to partner BBB' Occurs When Changing Payee

You migrate invoice XYZ for Supplier AAA(AAA represents the ID of the supplier;XYZ represents the ID of the invoice).

You create a payment for the migrated invoice XYZ, but the Payee in the payment appears as BBB(BBB represents the ID of the payee).

If you try to change the payee to AAA, an error message appears: 'Invoice XYZ must be paid by/to partner BBB'.

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to the Payables work center.
2. Go to the Payment Runs view.
3. Show All Payment Runs and find the run in question.
4. Select the Execution in question and choose View Payment Proposals.
5. Find the payment in question and choose Edit Proposal.
6. You notice the payee derived is BBB.
7. If you try to change the payee to AAA, the error 'Invoice XYZ must be paid by/to partner BBB' occurs.

Or

1. Go to the Payables work center.
2. Go to the Supplier Accounts view.
3. Search AAA.
4. Press View.
5. Select invoice XYZ and choose Pay Manually By-> Outgoing Bank Transfer.
6. The derived payee is BBB.
7. If you try to change the payee to AAA, the error 'Invoice XYZ must be paid by/to partner BBB' occurs.

The values maintained in the Payment Details section of the migrated supplier invoice XYZ determine the payee derivation.

When you were migrating invoice XYZ, the payee you maintained is BBB:

1. Find the  Migration of Accounting Transaction Data activity in the Business Configuration work center. 
2. Press Migrate accounting transaction data using the migration tool.
3. Find the migration file for invoice XYZ.
4. In the migration file, go to the Payee column in the Payment Details section. You notice the Payee maintained for invoice XYZ is BBB.

If the payee of the migrated supplier invoice XYZ is to be business partner AAA, then reverse migrated invoice XYZ and re-migrate it again with expected payee AAA.

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