How To Fix FAR_API_PA_MSG020 - Payment advice item with key(&1/&2/&3/&4) already exists.

FAR_API_PA_MSG020 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FAR_API_PA_MSG -

• Message number: 020

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

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FAR_API_PA_MSG020 - Details

• The SAP error message FAR_API_PA_MSG020 indicates that there is an attempt to create or process a payment advice item that already exists in the system. This typically occurs in the context of financial accounting or accounts payable processes where duplicate entries are not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when:
  
  A payment advice item with the specified key (which usually includes details like company code, fiscal year, document number, and item number) already exists in the database.
  There may be a duplicate upload or processing of payment advice data.
  The system is trying to create a payment advice for a transaction that has already been processed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check for Duplicates:
  
  Verify if the payment advice item with the specified key already exists in the system. You can do this by querying the relevant tables (e.g., FARPA for payment advice items) using the key values provided in the error message.
  
  
  
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