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3561266 - Error message: 'BP category 1 does not fit the data in category 2'

Symptom

The following error message appears when synchronizing business partner data from an external system to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition: 

'BP category 1 does not fit the data in category 2' 

**Where category 1 is person & category 2 is organization**

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Send a request payload from the external system to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
  2. The system throws an error upon receiving the payload.

Cause

The issue is caused by a mismatch in the business partner categories between the systems.

Resolution

Ensure that the business partner categories are same in the both systems. 

See Also

3286729 - Not able to change BP type after creation

Keywords

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, Business Partner, sync failure, mismatch, account type, BP category, error, payload, KBA 3286729, KBA 3072643. , KBA , LO-MD-BP-ODT , OData Service for Business Partner , LO-MD-BP , Business Partners , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions