How To Fix CNV_20900051 - Participating vendors have different Payment Block (LFA1-SPERZ)

CNV_20900051 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNV_20900 - Message class for package CNV_20900

• Message number: 051

• Message text: Participating vendors have different Payment Block (LFA1-SPERZ)

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 vendor
records into one target vendor record. However, not all the old records
have identical master data settings: It was found that old vendor
records have different 'Payment Block'. (This is determined by the
indicator 'Payment Block', field LFA1-SPERZ).
This may lead to inconsistencies in some applications related to target
vendor 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 vendor records have been made.
The respective vendor 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 vendor
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 vendor record
will get the Payment Block of the old vendor record for which priority
the 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

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CNV_20900051 - Details

• The SAP error message CNV_20900051 indicates that there is a discrepancy in the payment block settings for participating vendors in a data migration or conversion process. Specifically, the error arises when the payment block field (LFA1-SPERZ) for different vendors is not consistent, which can lead to issues during the migration of vendor data.
  
  Cause:
  The error is typically caused by one of the following reasons:
  
  Inconsistent Payment Block Settings: The participating vendors have different values set for the payment block field (LFA1-SPERZ). This inconsistency can occur if the vendors were set up with different payment terms or conditions in the source system.
  Data Migration Issues: During data migration, if the source data contains different payment block settings for vendors that are supposed to be treated as a single entity or group, this error can occur.
  Configuration Differences: There may be differences in the configuration of vendor master data between different systems or environments.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the