3754817 - An Error Occurs When Creating A Credit Memo via Billing Document API – S/4Hana Cloud Public Edition

The following error occurs when creating a credit memo via API:

Billing of SD doc. 12345678 not supported because its SD doc. category is M. (Where 12345678 refers to the Billing Document ID).

 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Execute the respective payload.

The error Billing of SD doc. 12345678 not supported because its SD doc. category is M. because the SDDocumentCategory was M (Invoice) while referencing a Credit Memo Request, which should use the category K (Credit Memo) instead.

In order to resolve the issue, the payload needs to be adjusted accordingly with the appropriate SDDocumentCategory, as per below:

{
   "_Control":{
      "DefaultBillingDocumentDate":"2026-04-23",
      "DefaultBillingDocumentType":"G2",
      "AutomPostingToAcctgIsDisabled":false
   },
   "_Reference":[
      {
         "SDDocument":"12345678",
         "SalesOrganization":"1010",
         "SDDocumentCategory":"K"
      }
   ]
}

Further details, please refer to the following codes which should be used for each document category:

• A: Inquiry 
• B: Quotation
• C: Order
• D: Item Proposal
• E: Scheduling Agreement
• F: Scheduling Agreement with External Service Agent
• G: Contract
• H: Returns
• I: Order Without Charge
• J: Delivery
• K: Credit Memo Request
• L: Debit Memo Request
• M: Invoice
• N: Invoice Cancellation
• O: Credit Memo
• P: Debit Memo

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