How To Fix 9J250 - Customer &1 must be of type AG (sold-to party)

9J250 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 9J -

• Message number: 250

• Message text: Customer &1 must be of type AG (sold-to party)

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 9J250 - Customer &1 must be of type AG (sold-to party) ?

  The SAP error message 9J250 indicates that the customer specified in a transaction must be of the type "AG" (which stands for "Sold-to Party"). This error typically occurs in sales and distribution (SD) processes when the system expects a customer of a specific type but receives a different type instead.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Customer Type: The customer master record you are trying to use is not set up as a Sold-to Party (AG). It may be set up as a different type, such as a Ship-to Party (WE) or a Bill-to Party (BP).
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that enforce the requirement for a Sold-to Party in certain transactions.
  Data Entry Error: The customer number entered in the transaction may have been mistyped or selected incorrectly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Customer Master Record:
  
  Go to the customer master data (transaction code XD03 for display).
  Verify the customer type in the general data or sales area data.