How To Fix F0525 - Payments without approval selected; does not conform with TA OBPM5

F0525 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F0 - FI batch program messages

• Message number: 525

• Message text: Payments without approval selected; does not conform with TA OBPM5

What causes this issue?

According to the setting in transaction OBPM5, all payments with FBPM1
require approval (BCM/BRM Bank Communication Management). Table REGUHM
contains open payments with a run ID that is not supported in
transaction OBPM5, however. A change was probably made in transaction
OBPM5 and the REGUHM entries are from before this change.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

If you deactivate this message in transaction OBA5, you can still
process the payment. It is processed without approval (without BCM),
however, and the file is generated immediately.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message F0525 - Payments without approval selected; does not conform with TA OBPM5 ?

  The SAP error message F0525 indicates that a payment is being processed without the necessary approval, which does not conform to the settings defined in transaction code OBPM5. This transaction is used to configure the payment approval process in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  The payment document is set to require approval based on the configuration in OBPM5.
  The payment is being processed without the required approval, which violates the defined rules for payment processing.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Approval Settings:
  
  Go to transaction code OBPM5.
  Review the settings for the payment approval process. Ensure that the criteria for requiring approval are correctly defined.
  
  
  
  Obtain Approval:
  
  If the payment requires approval, ensure that the necessary approvals are obtained before processing the payment. This may involve routing the payment to the appropriate approver within your organization.
  
  
  
  Adjust Payment Document:
  
  If the payment should not require approval, you may need to adjust the payment document or