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3530136 - Scope Item 2EL : No active outbound service could be found for Billing Document EDI outputs - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

Error message : "No active outbound service for appl. obj. &&&&&&&&&, outp. type BILLING_DOCUMENT, BuPa &&&&&&&&&" for EDI billing output

OR

EDI billing outputs from S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system is not triggering CPI

OR

EDI billing output not triggered as part of Integration of Sales with External Buyers

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

1. Follow the set up guide Setting Up Integration of Sales with External Buyers (2EL)

2. Trigger EDI output for Billing Document

3. EDI output not triggered, error message for output item - "No active outbound service for appl. obj. &&&&&&&&&, outp. type BILLING_DOCUMENT, BuPa &&&&&&&&&"

Cause

The error message indicates that no business partners are maintained in the communication system used. 

Resolution

Review the configurations for Communication Systems step from Setup guide - Setting Up Integration of Sales with External Buyers (2EL).

Make sure to maintain the Business Partner number from the error message under Business Partner section for the respective Communication System used, choose Add to add the Business Partner ID of the invoice recipient, for example, 10100003.

See Also

Setting Up Integration of Sales with External Buyers (2EL)

Keywords

EDI, 2EL, Integration, SAP_COM_0223, Communication Scenario, Communication System, CPI, Invoice, Public Cloud , KBA , SD-BIL-EDI-2CL , S/4HANA: Billing EDI Messages (Public Cloud) , SD-BIL-EDI , S/4HANA: Billing EDI Messages , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions