How To Fix EI586 - Payment guarantee categ. & does not allow financial doc. categ. or type!

EI586 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EI - Foreign Trade: Gen. Output

• Message number: 586

• Message text: Payment guarantee categ. & does not allow financial doc. categ. or type!

What causes this issue?

During maintenance of the form-of-payment guarantee, you have entered a
guarantee with the payment guarantee category &V1&, and you have
specified either

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

the financial document category or
the financial document type or
both
The payment guarantee category &V1& does not allow a financial
document. For this reason, the above specifications are not allowed.

System Response

The system issues an error message.

How to fix this error?

Correct your specifications.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message EI586 - Payment guarantee categ. & does not allow financial doc. categ. or type! ?

  The SAP error message EI586 typically indicates an issue with the configuration of payment guarantees in relation to financial document categories or types. This error can occur in scenarios where a payment guarantee category is not compatible with the financial document category or type being used in a transaction.
  
  Cause:
  
  Configuration Mismatch: The payment guarantee category defined in the system does not allow the financial document category or type that is being used in the transaction.
  Missing Settings: There may be missing or incorrect settings in the configuration of payment guarantees or financial document types.
  Incompatible Document Types: The document type being used may not be set up to work with the specified payment guarantee category.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for payment guarantees in SAP (usually found in the SPRO transaction under Financial Accounting).
  Verify that the payment guarantee category is correctly configured to allow the financial document category or type you are trying