How To Fix FI181 - Payment matching carried out only in commitment budget

FI181 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 181

• Message text: Payment matching carried out only in commitment budget

What causes this issue?

The <DS:GLOS.update profile>update profile</> 000500 is aktive.
In this profile it is defined that availability control is carried out
when posting payments in the payment budget. The FI payment documents
are displayed in total but not in detail. For example, the whole
invoice amount is converted to payment when paying an invoice with
partial and closing payments, but the partial payment is not displayed
separately. This kind of updating prevents the direct comparison of
payments posted in Financial Accounting (FI) and the Funds Management
data.
In the commitment budget, payments are converted by the program
<DS:RE.RFFMS200>RFFMS200</>. This updates the payments in detail (each
payment is updated to the correct amount and with the FI posting date)
which makes payment matching possible.

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?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FI181 - Details

• The SAP error message FI181 ("Payment matching carried out only in commitment budget") typically occurs in the context of budget management and financial accounting within SAP. This error indicates that the system is trying to perform a payment matching operation that is not allowed because it is only permitted in the context of a commitment budget.
  
  Cause:
  
  Commitment Budgeting: The error arises when the system is configured to use commitment budgeting, which means that budget control is applied to commitments (e.g., purchase orders) rather than actual expenditures. The payment matching process is trying to match an actual payment against a budget that is not set up for this type of operation.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a configuration issue in the budget control settings, where the system is not recognizing the budget type or the relevant settings for the payment matching process.
  Incorrect Document Type: The document type being used for the payment may