How To Fix CNV_20800195 - Participating customers have different Tax Fields 1 (KNA1-STCD1)

CNV_20800195 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNV_20800 - Message class for CNV_20800

• Message number: 195

• Message text: Participating customers have different Tax Fields 1 (KNA1-STCD1)

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 Tax Number 1. (This is
determined by the indicator Tax Number 1, field KNA1-STCD1).
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 Tax Number 1 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_20800195 - Details

• The SAP error message CNV_20800195 indicates that there is a mismatch in the Tax Fields 1 (KNA1-STCD1) for participating customers during a data migration or conversion process. This error typically arises in scenarios where data from different systems or clients is being consolidated, and the tax identification numbers (or similar tax-related fields) do not align across the datasets.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Data Inconsistency: The primary cause of this error is that the participating customers have different values in the Tax Fields 1 (KNA1-STCD1). This could be due to:
  
  Different formats or standards used for tax identification numbers.
  Missing or incorrect data entries in one or more of the source systems.
  Variations in how tax information is recorded across different regions or countries.
  
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration discrepancies in the SAP systems regarding how tax fields are defined or used.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Data Review:
  
  Review the data for the participating customers to