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3356290 - Warning: 'Invoice AAA must be paid by/to partner BBB' Occurs When Changing Payee In a Payment Proposal

Symptom

When you are editing a payment proposal, you are able to change the payee, and the system only gives a warning message instead of an error message.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Payables work center. 
  2. Go to Payment Runs sub view. 
  3. Select Run ID: XYZ (XYZ represents the Run ID) > Execution Details > Select All Logs > Click "View Payment Proposals" button. 
  4. Select the Payment ID: DEF (DEF represents the payment ID). 
  5. Click "Edit Proposal" button. 
  6. Change for other Payee.  
  7. You will se a warning message instead of an error message: 

'Invoice AAA must be paid by/to partner BBB'

(AAA represents the Invoice ID)

(BBB represents the Payee ID)

Cause

If the predefined payer/payee on the item differs from the one on Due Payment, the system will throw a warning as this might not be the user's intention. This warning shall only be shown for company-initiated payments. It's not a configuration activity. 

Resolution

Expected system behavior.

Keywords

Payee, Warning Message, Invoice, Paid, Payment Proposal, Invoice must be paid by/to partner, , KBA , SRD-FIN-ACP , Payables , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions