How To Fix 1Q208 - EDI partner cannot be determined - several bank state. recipients exist

1Q208 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 1Q - Messages In-House Banking

• Message number: 208

• Message text: EDI partner cannot be determined - several bank state. recipients exist

What causes this issue?

The EDI partner cannot be determined, as several bank statement
recipients are defined for bank area & and account number &. Only one
bank statement recipient per account is allowed for dispatching the
bank statements via IDOC FINSTA01. If no bank statement recipient is
defined, the account holder is used as EDI partner.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 1Q208 - EDI partner cannot be determined - several bank state. recipients exist ?

  The SAP error message 1Q208 indicates that the system is unable to determine the EDI partner because there are multiple bank statement recipients defined for the same criteria. This typically occurs in the context of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) when processing bank statements or similar transactions.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  There are multiple EDI partners configured for the same bank statement type or criteria.
  The system cannot uniquely identify which EDI partner to use for the transaction because of the ambiguity created by multiple recipients.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check EDI Partner Configuration:
  
  Go to the EDI partner profile configuration in SAP (transaction code WE20).
  Review the settings for the relevant bank statement type and ensure that there is only one active partner for that type.
  
  
  
  Review Bank Statement Recipients:
  
  Check the configuration of bank statement recipients in the system (transaction code OBPM1 for bank statement processing).
  Ensure that there are no duplicate entries