How To Fix EK802 - Different payment plan categories in the contracts for account &1

EK802 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: EK - IS-U Accounts Receivable and Payable

• Message number: 802

• Message text: Different payment plan categories in the contracts for account &1

What causes this issue?

<DS:GLOS.CE3D29A77D72D411BA570800060D888B>payment plan category</> &V3&
is allocated to contract &V2& of contract account &V1&. A different
payment plan category (&V4&) is entered in the other contracts of this
contract account that are to be invoiced jointly, however, these are
based on different <DS:GLOS.AC4825FB7773D411A4950060B03C3B0E>payment
plan types</>

System Response

Because a single payment plan type must be used for all contracts that
are to be invoiced jointly, invoicing of this contract account is
cancelled for this invoicing unit.

How to fix this error?

Maintain the concerned contracts accordingly.
To find out which types the payment plan categories are based on,
choose the following path in Customizing for invoicing: <LS>Budget
billing plan -> Payment plan -> Define payment plan categories
(AMB/BBP) for USA and Canada</>.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

EK802 - Details

• The SAP error message EK802 indicates that there is a mismatch in the payment plan categories for contracts associated with a specific account. This typically occurs in the context of purchasing and contract management within SAP, particularly when dealing with multiple contracts or agreements that have different payment terms or categories.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  Different Payment Plan Categories: The contracts linked to the specified account have different payment plan categories. This inconsistency can prevent the system from processing transactions correctly.
  Contract Configuration: The contracts may have been set up with varying payment terms, which leads to conflicts when trying to execute a transaction that requires uniformity in payment plans.
  Data Entry Errors: There may be manual entry errors or inconsistencies in how contracts were created or modified.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the EK802 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Review Contracts: Check the contracts associated with the account in question. Ensure that they all have the