How To Fix CNV_20900183 - Participating vendors have different Posting block (LFA1-SPERR)


CNV_20900183 - Overview

  • Message type: E = Error

  • Message class: CNV_20900 - Message class for package CNV_20900

  • Message number: 183

  • Message text: Participating vendors have different Posting block (LFA1-SPERR)

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  • Diagnosis
    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 Central posting block. (This setting is
    determined by the indicator<ZH> 'Central posting block' , </>field
    <ZH>LFA1-SPERR</>).
    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.
    Procedure
    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 Central posting block of the old vendor record for which the
    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.

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


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CNV_20900183 - Details

  • The SAP error message CNV_20900183 indicates that there is a discrepancy in the posting block settings for participating vendors in the system. Specifically, the error arises when you are trying to perform a transaction that involves multiple vendors, and these vendors have different posting block statuses defined in the vendor master data (table LFA1).
    
    Cause: The error occurs due to the following reasons: Different Posting Block Settings: The participating vendors have different values in the SPERR field (Posting Block) in the vendor master data (LFA1 table). This field determines whether a vendor is blocked for posting transactions. Data Migration or Integration Issues: If you are migrating data or integrating systems, inconsistencies in vendor master data can lead to this error. Manual Changes: Manual changes to vendor master data that result in different posting block statuses can also trigger this error.
    Solution: To resolve the error, you can take the following steps: Check Vendor Master Data: Go to transaction code

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