How To Fix 8B272 - Assign a vendor number to plant &

8B272 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 8B - Localization (Brazil)

• Message number: 272

• Message text: Assign a vendor number to plant &

What causes this issue?

The vendor number for the plant & could not be determined.

System Response

Material document - tax calculation error.
Tax calculation requires a vendor number. In a transfer plant to
plant, the issuing plant must be assigned to a vendor number.

How to fix this error?

Please assign the plant & to one vendor master in the additional
purchasing data view.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 8B272 - Assign a vendor number to plant & ?

  The SAP error message 8B272 indicates that there is a missing assignment of a vendor number to a specific plant in the system. This error typically occurs when you are trying to perform a transaction that requires a vendor to be linked to a particular plant, but that assignment has not been made in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Vendor Assignment: The vendor has not been assigned to the specified plant in the vendor master data.
  Incorrect Plant Code: The plant code you are trying to use may be incorrect or does not exist in the system.
  Vendor Master Data Issues: The vendor master data may not be fully maintained or may be incomplete.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to assign the vendor number to the specified plant. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access Vendor Master Data:
  
  Go to the transaction code XK02 (Change Vendor) or MK02 (Change Vendor for Purchasing).
  
  
  
  Enter Vendor Information:
  
  Input the vendor