3595991 - Error when attempting to delete duplicate addresses for Business Partners in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

There are multiple address entries for Business Partners (created as Customers) in the system. An error message, 'Address still in use; change to validity not allowed,' is received when attempting to manually delete the addresses.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

Attempt to manually delete the duplicate addresses for a Business Partner.

Cause

To address the issue, please examine the Business Partner relationships utilizing the problematic address. This error-causing address is employed by several Business Partners in the relationship list, contributing to the issue.

Resolution

Upon investigation, it was found that this address is being utilized by several Business Partners within their relationship lists. By reviewing and adjusting these relationships, the error can be resolved.

Keywords

Business Partners, duplicate addresses, deletion error, ABAP dump, Address still in use; change to validity not allowed. , KBA , LO-MD-BP-2CL , Business Partners for Public Cloud , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions