How To Fix FAR_API_PA_MSG012 - Payment advice with ID(&1/&2/&3/&4) already exists.

FAR_API_PA_MSG012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FAR_API_PA_MSG -

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Payment advice with ID(&1/&2/&3/&4) already exists.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FAR_API_PA_MSG012 - Payment advice with ID(&1/&2/&3/&4) already exists. ?

  The SAP error message FAR_API_PA_MSG012 indicates that a payment advice with the specified ID already exists in the system. This error typically occurs when there is an attempt to create a payment advice that has the same identification as an existing one. The ID is usually composed of several components, which are represented by the placeholders &1, &2, &3, and &4.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Duplicate Entry: The most common cause of this error is that the payment advice you are trying to create already exists in the system. This could happen due to:
  
  Manual entry of the same payment advice.
  A system process that has already created the payment advice.
  An error in the data processing logic that leads to duplicate submissions.
  
  
  
  Data Integrity Issues: There may be issues with data integrity or synchronization, especially if multiple users or processes are trying to create payment advices simultaneously.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Payment Advice: 
  
  Use the payment advice ID to search in