How To Fix SAFM_EOPO131 - Payment documents must be reversed together

SAFM_EOPO131 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SAFM_EOPO - Expenditure Order and Payment Order

• Message number: 131

• Message text: Payment documents must be reversed together

What causes this issue?

The payment document selected for reversal was posted together with one
or more other payment documents. These payment documents were posted
together when the expenditure orders got split based on their budget
chapters.
Hence, these payment documents must also be reversed together.
For example, if expenditure order <ZH>Exp 1</> has two line items, one
with budget chapter <ZH>A</> and one with budget chapter <ZH>B</>, then
two payment documents <ZH>Pay 1</> and <ZH>Pay 2</> are created and
posted for this expenditure order. If you want to reverse the payment
documents, you need to reverse both <ZH>Pay 1</> and <ZH>Pay 2</>
together.

System Response

The system does not allow you to reverse only the selected payment
document. It reverses all the payment documents listed in the pop-up
dialog box if you continue with the reversal.

How to fix this error?

To reverse the selected document, click <LS>Enter</>. All the payment
documents listed in the pop-up dialog box are reversed.

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.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

SAFM_EOPO131 - Details

• The SAP error message SAFM_EOPO131 indicates that there is an issue with reversing payment documents in the system. Specifically, this error occurs when you attempt to reverse payment documents that are linked together, and the system requires that they be reversed in a specific order or together.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises in scenarios where:
  
  Linked Payment Documents: The payment documents you are trying to reverse are interdependent or linked in a way that requires them to be reversed together.
  Document Flow: There may be a document flow that necessitates the reversal of multiple documents at once to maintain data integrity.
  Configuration Settings: The system may be configured to enforce certain rules regarding the reversal of payment documents.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Identify Linked Documents: Check the payment documents you are trying to reverse. Identify if there are any linked documents that need to be reversed together. You can do this