How To Fix EB170 - Collective bill document &1 contains only reversed individual documents

EB170 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EB - IS-U invoicing

• Message number: 170

• Message text: Collective bill document &1 contains only reversed individual documents

What causes this issue?

You tried to print collective bill document &v1&, but this document
only contains single documents that have already been reversed.

System Response

The collective bill document is not printed.

How to fix this error?

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

EB170 - Details

• The SAP error message EB170 indicates that a collective billing document contains only reversed individual documents. This typically occurs in the context of billing processes where individual billing documents have been reversed, but the collective billing document still exists in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Reversed Billing Documents: The primary cause of this error is that all individual billing documents that were included in the collective billing document have been reversed. This means that there are no valid billing items left to process in the collective bill.
  Incorrect Document Flow: There may be an issue with the document flow where the system is trying to process a collective bill that should not exist anymore due to the reversals.
  Data Integrity Issues: There could be data integrity issues in the billing documents, leading to inconsistencies in the billing process.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Individual Documents: Review the individual billing documents that were included in the collective bill. Confirm that they have