How To Fix BIL017 - Secondary installation &1: No billing doc. available from installation &2

BIL017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BIL - General billing

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Secondary installation &1: No billing doc. available from installation &2

What causes this issue?

Secondary installation &v1& does not have a matching billing document
for secondary installation &v2&.
Background:
You bill the <DS:DE.MAININST>primary installation</> in an installation
group. The primary installation requires data from secondary
installations and therefore simulates billing for the secondary
installations. You defined the secondary installation &v2& as the
<DS:DE.HIGHLEVINST>higher-level installation</> for the secondary
installation &v1&. A variant program interprets this hierarcha as a <ZH>
serial switching</>. The consumption at secondary installation &v1& must
be deducted from the consumption at secondary installation &v2&. The
difference is calculated at billing document level. That is, the
consumption from the simulated billing document for installation &v1& is
to be deducted from the consumption from a billing document for
installation &v2&.
The billing period <DS:DE.BEGABRPE>begins</> on &v3& and
<DS:DE.ENDABRPE>ends</> on &v4& in the billing document for secondary
installation &v1&. However, the system was unable to find a suitable
billing document for installation &v2& for this period.
Possible reasons for this error:
There is no contract in this period for secondary installation &v2&.
This is not allowed if there is still a contract for the higher-level
secondary installation.
However, the two installations have different <DS:DE.INSTROLE>
installation roles</> with different forms of
<DS:SIMG._ISUBIBDRS_000078>data exchange from the secondary installation
to the primary installation</>. The consumption for secondary
installation &v1& is entered in an input operand but not the consumption
for secondary installation &v2&.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Specify a contract or align data exchange accordingly for the
installation roles.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

BIL017 - Details

• The SAP error message BIL017 indicates that there is no billing document available for a secondary installation in the context of billing processes. This error typically arises in scenarios involving utility billing or similar processes where installations are linked to billing documents.
  
  Cause:
  The error message BIL017 can occur due to several reasons:
  
  
  Missing Billing Document: The primary cause is that there is no billing document created for the specified secondary installation. This could be due to a failure in the billing process or the document not being generated.
  
  
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be configuration issues in the billing setup, such as incorrect assignment of installations or billing types.
  
  
  Data Inconsistencies: There could be inconsistencies in the master data related to the installations or billing documents.
  
  
  Timing Issues: The billing document may not have been created yet due to timing issues in the billing cycle.
  
  
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to view