How To Fix CNV_20800193 - Participating customers have different Central billing block (KNA1-FAKSD)

CNV_20800193 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNV_20800 - Message class for CNV_20800

• Message number: 193

• Message text: Participating customers have different Central billing block (KNA1-FAKSD)

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

What causes this issue?

According to the mapping, you want to merge two or more old customer
records into one target customer record. However, not all the old
records have identical master data settings: It was found that old
customer records have different values for Central billing block for
customer. (This is determined by the indicator Central billing block for
customer, field KNA1-FAKSD).
This may lead to inconsistencies in some applications related to target
customer data.

System Response

<ZH>Error</>
From a technical perspective, this message can be ignored. This may make
sense in the following cases:
No postings to the respective customer records have been made.
The respective customer records are not used any longer and are meant to
be merged into a dummy record.

How to fix this error?

Analyze the situation, and either change the mapping so that only
customer records with identical master data settings are merged, or
decide to ignore the message because one of the special cases described
above applies.
If you decide to ignore the error even though none of the special cases
described above applies, consider that <ZH>the target customer record
will get the Central billing block for customer of the old customer
record for which priority indicator is set.</> Make sure to evaluate the
impact of this decision - for example regarding potential
inconsistencies and required follow-up activities - <ZH>before</> you
continue with the conversion.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

CNV_20800193 - Details

• The SAP error message CNV_20800193 indicates that there is a discrepancy in the Central Billing Block (KNA1-FAKSD) settings for participating customers during a data migration or conversion process. This error typically arises in scenarios involving the Central Finance (CFIN) or similar data migration projects where multiple customer records are being processed.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  Two or more customer records that are being processed have different settings for the Central Billing Block (KNA1-FAKSD).
  The system expects all participating customers to have the same billing block setting to ensure consistency in billing processes.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Identify the Customers: Determine which customer records are causing the issue. You may need to check the logs or the specific records being processed at the time of the error.
  
  
  Check KNA1-FAKSD Values: For the identified customers, check the value of the Central Billing Block (KNA1-FAKSD) in the customer master data. You can do