SAP SD General Errors.

GENERAL ERRORS

1. While Creating the Customer if we get the Error: “Sales Area is not
defined for Customer”

A) SPRO  Sales & Distribution  Master Data

Define common distribution channels [VOR1]

B) SPRO  Sales & Distribution  Master Data

Define common divisions [VOR2]

Select your Sales Organization & Distribution Channel and assign the
Reference Dist. channel for customer and material masters.

Also Go to:

SPRO  Sales & Distribution  Sales  Sales Documents

Sales Document Header  Assign Sales Area to Sales Doc Types

(a) Combine Sales Organizations: -

Select your Sales Organization & assign the same in Ref Sales Organization.

(b) Combine Distribution Channels: -

(c) Combine Divisions: -

Select your Division & assign the same in Ref Division Doc.

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2. While Creating the Material if we get the Error “Company Code Does Not
Exists” or “Not Fully Maintained”

SPRO
Logistics General
Material Master
Basic Settings
Maintain Company Code for Material Management. [OMSY]

Select Your Company code and maintain the values as shown in the
Screenshot. (Mention the Current Year & Period). Check the field ABp.

3. While Creating the Sales Order if we get the Error “Order Type is not
defined for Sales Area”

SPRO
Sales & Distribution
Sales
Sales documents
Sales documents header
Assign sales area to sales document types
Assign sales order types permitted for sales areas [OVAZ]

4. While Creating the Sales Order if we get the Error “No Pricing Procedure
could be Determined”

SPRO
Sales & Distribution
Basic Functions
Pricing
Pricing control
Define and Assign Pricing Procedures
Define Pricing Procedure Determination [OVKK]

Assigning the Pricing Procedure RVAA01 In the Combination of Sales Area,

Doc Pricing Procedure (A) & Cust. Pricing Procedure (1) as per the Screenshot.

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5. If we get the Error “No Business Area Can be Determined”

A) SPRO
Sales & Distribution
Basic Functions
Acct Assignment & Costing
Business Area Account Assignment
Define Rules by Sales Area
Select the Sales Area & Specify the Rule – 001.

B) Assign Business Area to Plant & Division. (Path as above)

6. Maintaining the Fiscal Year Variant to Com. Code: [OB37]

SPRO
Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting Global Settings  Fiscal Year
Assign Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant
Select the Required Co. Code & Specify the Fiscal Year Variant as K4.

7. Maintaining Chart of Accounts for Company Code: [OB62]

Select the Required Company Code & Specify Chart of Accounts as INT.

8. Assign Com. Code to Posting Period (Field status) Variants: - [OBBP]

Select the Required Company Code & Specify the Variant as 1000.

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9. How to Maintain the Plant Parameters

SPRO
Material Management
Inventory Management and Physical Inventory
Plant Parameters

Select the Required Plant  Go to details & maintain the Values as shown.

10. No Stock Postings Possible for this Material (OR) Quantity & Value
Updating for Material Types.

Run the Transaction: OMS2

Select the Required Material Type (FERT) & Go to Quantity & Value Updating.

Select the required Valuation Area (Plant) & Check the Fields Quantity up
dating & Value Updating as shown:

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11. If we get the “Account Determination Problem” [OMWD]

Select the Required Plant & Assign the Valuation Grouping Code as 0001.

12. Opening / Change Posting Periods: - [OB52]

Make sure in the 6th Column & 8th Column Maintain the current Year. To period
is current month & from period 2 is last month. See the screenshot.

13. How to Post the Stock in Plant: [MB1C]

Enter movement Type as: 561, Your Plant, Storage location & Press Enter.

Enter Material, Quantity, Batch No (If Mtl is relevant for batch mgt) & Save it.

14. To Check the Stock Overview in the Plant: - [MMBE]

Enter the required Material / Plant & Execute

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15. When we create a New Co. code, the following settings have to be made.

A) Maintaining the Fiscal Year Variant to Com. Code: [OB37]

SPRO
Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting Global Settings  Fiscal Year
Assign Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant
Select the Required Co. Code & Specify the Fiscal Year Variant as K4.

B) Maintain Company Code for Material Management: [OMSY]

Select Your Company code and maintain the values as shown in the
Screenshot. (Mention the Current Year & Period). Check the field ABp.

C) Assign Com. Code to Posting Period (Field status) Variants: - [OBBP]

Select the Required Company Code & Specify the Variant as 1000.

16. While posting the stock in the plant if we get the Error “Posting is not
possible for the Period xx/xxxx”

Run the Transaction: [MMPV]

Enter From company code, To company code, Period (Month), Fiscal year, that
shown in the Error & check the radio button against the ‘Check and close
period’ and Press Execute (F8)

Posting period will be closed for that month, repeat the same for every month
& Year up to the current period. (Close up to last month, Not to close this
month)

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17. General Settings: [SU3]

Go to Defaults Tab & Change the Decimal/Date Format as required & Save it.

18. Maintain the fiscal year-dependent version parameters (Version 0 is

not defined for fiscal year 2009)

Run the Transaction: [OKEV]

Enter the controlling Area: (1000)

Select the Version ‘0’ and select “Settings for each Fiscal Year”

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Go to New Entries; Enter the Year & Check Integrated Planning, Coping
Allowed.

19. Account determination for entry INT GBB _ VAY 7900 not possible

We need to check the rules on the GBB transaction key to see if Valuation
class is active.

If it is (and it looks like it is) then you need to enter the correct valuation class
in OBYC & make sure that class is also in the Material master (Accounting 1)

Go to OBYC & select GBB, Go to Details & enter the chat of Accts as: INT

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