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3303284 - Error Message: "Party Seller with ID XYZ (ABC) not contractually capable."

Symptom

When you are trying to create a supplier invoice the following error is shown: "Party Seller with ID XYZ (ABC) not contractually capable."

(Where XYZ is the Supplier ID and ABC is the Supplier Name.)

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoice work center.
  2. Go to Common Tasks and then select New Invoice Without Purchase Order.
  3. Select the Supplier in the Involved Parties section.
  4. We can see an error message as "Party Seller with ID XYZ (ABC) not contractually capable."

Cause

In User Interface, you are using "Legal Competence Indicator" in personalization mode and the indicator is not marked as true.

Resolution

You can change the settings by following the below steps:

  1. Go to Supplier Base work center.
  2. Go to Suppliers view.
  3. Search for the Supplier. 
  4. Navigate to the General tab and then to details. 
  5. Mark the indicator as True.

Keywords

 Legal Competence Indicator, Supplier Invoice, Supplier Base , KBA , supplier invoice , supplier base , legal competence indicator , AP-SIP-SIV , Supplier Invoice , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions