How To Fix 88757 - Error in billing item &1/&2: customer number is initial

88757 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 88 - REA Processing

• Message number: 757

• Message text: Error in billing item &1/&2: customer number is initial

What causes this issue?

No material number could be determined for the recycling declaration
from billing item &V2& for document &V1&.

System Response

The system can not carry out calculation of the splitting factor for
regional processing for this billing item. The item was neverless
valuated with a proportion of 100%.

How to fix this error?

Please check the billing item &V1& / &V2& and, if relevant, the setting
in general REA Customizing for "Customer number table and field" in the
section "Control of Declaration/Origin Movement Data".

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 88757 - Error in billing item &1/&2: customer number is initial ?

  The SAP error message 88757 indicates that there is an issue with a billing item where the customer number is not provided (i.e., it is "initial" or empty). This error typically occurs during the billing process when the system expects a valid customer number but finds none.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Customer Data: The customer number is not populated in the billing document or related sales order.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be issues with the configuration of the billing document type or the sales order type.
  Data Transfer Issues: If the billing document is created from a sales order, there may have been an issue in transferring the customer data from the sales order to the billing document.
  User Input Error: The user may have inadvertently left the customer number field blank when creating the billing document.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Billing Document: Review the billing document to ensure that the customer number is correctly populated. If it is missing, you