How To Fix BS264 - Business transaction & already exists

BS264 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BS - Status Management

• Message number: 264

• Message text: Business transaction & already exists

What causes this issue?

The procedure which you want to create already exists.

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?

Use a new ID for the new procedure or change the exisitng procedure
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BS264 - Details

• The SAP error message BS264 ("Business transaction & already exists") typically occurs when you are trying to create a new business transaction (such as a sales order, purchase order, or any other transactional entry) that has a unique identifier (like a number or code) that already exists in the system. This can happen in various modules of SAP, including Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), and others.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entry: The most common cause is that the business transaction you are trying to create has the same identifier as an existing transaction. This could be due to manual entry errors or system-generated numbers that overlap.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that enforce unique constraints on certain fields, leading to this error when a duplicate is detected.
  Data Migration Issues: If data has been migrated from another system, there may be duplicates that were not properly handled during the