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3610739 - Process Communication Error "Owner party ID not valid; it is not active and Asset: Profit center derived from cost center and posting date" in Goods and Services Receipt

Symptom

  • There is a process communication error in the Goods and Services Receipt.
  • In the Application and User Management work center, Process Communication Errors view, the following error can be observed for the goods and services receipt.
  • Error: "Owner party ID ABC not valid; it is not active and Asset: Profit center PQR derived from cost center XYZ and posting date DD.MM.YYYY".
  • Note: 'ABC' refers to the Owner Party ID, 'PQR' refers to the Profit Center ID, 'XYZ' refers to the Cost Center ID.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Goods and Service Receipts work center.
  2. Go to the Receipts and Returns view.
  3. Search for the respective receipt ID and open it.
  4. Navigate to the Document Flow.
  5. Observe the process communication error.

Cause

The Owner party ID in the error refers to the Business Partner ID, and the status of this business partner is Blocked.

Resolution

To correct the error, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the the Business Partner Data work center.
  2. Go to the Business Partner view.
  3. Select the relevant Business Partner ID.
  4. Select the Change Status button and choose Active.

Then raise a case to SAP Technical Support to restart the failed message from the backend. 

Keywords

Goods and Services Receipt, Process communication error, Owner part ID, Not valid. , KBA , AP-ACC , Business ByDesign: Financial Accounting , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions