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3497383 - Unable to Cancel Invoice with Reference to an E-Payment for Country Mexico

Symptom

The following error occurs when attempting to cancel invoice ID ABC, which is referenced in an E-Payment for Mexico:

  • Cancellation not allowed, invoice ABC referenced in E-Payment Mexico 0000000000000000000000000000001234
  • Save failed

(Where ABC represents the Invoice ID and 0000000000000000000000000000001234 the E-payment ID.)

 

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Customer Invoicing work center.
  2. Select Invoice Documents view.
  3. In the drop-down, select All Invoice Documents.
  4. Search for Invoice ID ABC.
  5. Click in Cancel.
  6. Save.

 

The following error messages occurs:

  • Cancellation not allowed, invoice ABC referenced in E-Payment Mexico 0000000000000000000000000000001234
  • Save failed

Cause

The error is triggered because invoice ABC is linked to E-Payment document 1234, preventing cancellation.

This can be visible by following the below steps:

  1. Go to Receivables work center
  2. Select Electronic Payment Documents view
  3. Search for E-Payment document ID 1234.
  4. Click in Edit and go to Document List.

Resolution

To be able to proceed with the cancellation of the invoice, please refer to the following options:

  • In case the E-Payment is under "In Preparation" status, the E-Payment needs to be fully processed.

or

  • Manually cancel the E-Payment document to proceed with the cancellation of the respective Invoice. Please refer to the below steps:
  1. Go to Receivables work center
  2. Select Electronic Payment Documents view.
  3. Search for E-Payment document ID 1234.
  4. Click in Edit.
  5. Click in Cancel.

Keywords

Unable to, cannot cancel, country specific, invoice. , KBA , AP-CI-CI-GLO , Cross-Country Extensions , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions