How To Fix ME362 - Please enter only one partner as default & indicator

ME362 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ME - Purchasing: General Messages

• Message number: 362

• Message text: Please enter only one partner as default & indicator

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ME362 - Details

• The SAP error message ME362 ("Please enter only one partner as default & indicator") typically occurs in the context of purchasing documents, such as purchase orders or purchase requisitions, when there is an issue with the partner functions defined for a vendor or supplier.
  
  Cause:
  This error arises when multiple partner functions are set as default for a single partner in the system, which is not allowed. In SAP, partner functions (like vendor, ship-to party, bill-to party, etc.) are used to define the roles of different partners in a transaction. The system expects only one partner function to be marked as default for a given partner.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to check and correct the partner functions assigned to the vendor or supplier in question. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access Vendor Master Data:
  
  Go to transaction code XK02 (Change Vendor) or MK02 (Change Vendor in Purchasing).
  Enter the vendor number and