How To Fix PCA_GENERAL202 - Old and new payment card masters are active

PCA_GENERAL202 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PCA_GENERAL - General Messages for Payment Card Master

• Message number: 202

• Message text: Old and new payment card masters are active

What causes this issue?

The applications CARD and PACA are active in the control of the payment
card master.

System Response

Currently only one of the two applications may be used.

How to fix this error?

Via the control of the payment card master, deactivate the application
that you do not want to use.
The application PACA represents the new payment cards, and the
application CARD represents the present payment cards.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PCA_GENERAL202 - Old and new payment card masters are active ?

  The SAP error message PCA_GENERAL202 indicates that there are both old and new payment card master records active in the system. This situation typically arises when there are multiple payment card master records for the same card, which can lead to confusion and errors in processing transactions.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Payment Card Records: The error occurs when both the old and new versions of a payment card master record are active in the system. This can happen during a migration process or when a card is updated but the old record is not properly deactivated.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the data where the system is unable to determine which payment card record should be used for processing.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Identify Active Payment Card Records:
  
  Use transaction codes like FPP1 (for payment card master data) to view the active payment card records.
  Check for both the old and new