How To Fix /PMG/GE_COR017 - Correspondence suppressed; cannot execute correspondence control

/PMG/GE_COR017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /PMG/GE_COR -

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Correspondence suppressed; cannot execute correspondence control

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/PMG/GE_COR017 - Details

• The SAP error message /PMG/GE_COR017 indicates that correspondence has been suppressed, and as a result, the system cannot execute the correspondence control. This error typically arises in the context of SAP's Correspondence Management, which is used for generating and managing correspondence documents.
  
  Cause:
  The error can be caused by several factors, including:
  
  
  Suppression Settings: The correspondence type may have been set to suppressed in the configuration settings. This means that the system is instructed not to generate correspondence for certain conditions or statuses.
  
  
  Document Status: The document or transaction for which you are trying to generate correspondence may be in a status that does not allow correspondence to be generated.
  
  
  User Authorizations: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to execute correspondence for the specific document or transaction.
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration of the correspondence types or the related settings in the SAP system.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can take