How To Fix FTR0266 - Fax number of business partner &1 (address &2) not available

FTR0266 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FTR0 - Treasury: Financial Transaction

• Message number: 266

• Message text: Fax number of business partner &1 (address &2) not available

What causes this issue?

The fax number for the correspondence recipient is not available in the
business partner data.

Procedure for System Administrators

Enter this number before sending the fax. You can maintain this entry
in the address data for business partner &V1& (address: &V2&).

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FTR0266 - Fax number of business partner &1 (address &2) not available ?

  The SAP error message FTR0266 indicates that the system is unable to find a fax number for a specified business partner. This error typically occurs in the context of financial transactions or communications where a fax number is required for a business partner (customer, vendor, etc.) but is missing or not properly maintained in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Fax Number: The business partner does not have a fax number assigned in their master data.
  Incorrect Business Partner Data: The business partner data may be incomplete or incorrectly maintained.
  Data Synchronization Issues: If the business partner data is synchronized from another system, there may be issues with the data transfer.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that are not set up to handle fax numbers correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Business Partner Master Data:
  
  Go to the transaction code BP (Business Partner) and search for the business partner in question.
  Verify that the fax number is correctly