How To Fix M8318 - Down-payments for purchase order & & exist

M8318 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: M8 - Invoice Verification/Valuation

• Message number: 318

• Message text: Down-payments for purchase order & & exist

What causes this issue?

Financial Accounting has already made down-payments of &V3& &V4& for
purchase order &V1&, item &V2&.

System Response

The payment program settles the down-payments automatically with the
payments to be made.

How to fix this error?

If you want to allocate a down-payment to a specific invoice, you must
make a transfer posting for the down-payment manually.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message M8318 - Down-payments for purchase order & & exist ?

  The SAP error message M8318 ("Down-payments for purchase order & & exist") typically occurs when there are existing down payments associated with a purchase order that you are trying to process. This error can arise in various scenarios, such as when attempting to change or delete a purchase order that has down payments linked to it.
  
  Cause:
  
  Existing Down Payments: The primary cause of this error is that there are down payments already recorded against the purchase order. SAP prevents changes to the purchase order to maintain data integrity.
  Incomplete Document Flow: If the down payments have not been fully processed or cleared, it can lead to this error.
  
  Configuration Issues: Sometimes, the configuration settings in the SAP system regarding down payments and purchase orders may lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the M8318 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Down Payments:
  
  Use transaction code FBL1N (Vendor Line Item Display) or FBL3N (G/L Account Line