How To Fix FW051 - Retd bills of exch. acct missing for house bank acct & & and pyt meth. &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FW - Bills of Exchange and Other International Developments

• Message number: 051

• Message text: Retd bills of exch. acct missing for house bank acct & & and pyt meth. &

What causes this issue?

The returned bills of exchange account for the bill of exchange
selected could not be found.

System Response

The bills of exchange are imported but excluded for further processing.

How to fix this error?

Maintain the returned bills of exchange account in table T046a for the
house bank account and payment method.
If a payment method is defined in the bill of exchange, (as is the case
when the bill of exchange was issued by the automatic payment program -
transaction F110), you must maintain table T046A: You must maintain an
entry that contains a returned bills of exchange account for the bank,
bank account, and payment method defined for the bill of exchange.
<DS:TRAN.FBWA>Proceed</> to maintain view V_T046a.

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FW051 - Retd bills of exch. acct missing for house bank acct & & and pyt meth. & ?

  The SAP error message FW051 indicates that there is a missing configuration for the "Returned Bills of Exchange" account for a specific house bank account and payment method. This error typically arises in the context of financial transactions involving bills of exchange, particularly when processing returned bills.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  The system cannot find a designated account for returned bills of exchange for the specified house bank account and payment method.
  The configuration for the house bank account or payment method is incomplete or incorrect.
  The necessary settings in the Financial Accounting (FI) module are not properly maintained.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FW051 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check House Bank Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code FI12 (House Bank) and verify that the house bank account is correctly set up.
  Ensure that the account is active and properly linked to the company code.
  
  
  
  Maintain Returned Bills of Exchange Account:
  
  Navigate to the configuration for the returned bills of