How To Fix SAFM_EOPO318 - Cannot adjust beneficiary advances against documents with multiple POs

SAFM_EOPO318 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SAFM_EOPO - Expenditure Order and Payment Order

• Message number: 318

• Message text: Cannot adjust beneficiary advances against documents with multiple POs

What causes this issue?

This payment document contains expenditure orders corresponding to
multiple purchase orders. To adjust beneficiary advances against a
payment document, the payment document must contain expenditure orders
corresponding to a single purchase order.

System Response

The system does not allow you to adjust beneficiary advances against the
payment document. However, you can still post the payment document
without adjusting any beneficiary advances against it.

How to fix this error?

Create separate payment documents for expenditure orders corresponding
to different purchase orders. For example, if expenditure orders EO1 and
EO2 correspond to purchase order PO1, while expenditure order EO3
corresponds to purchase order PO2, create two different payment
documents - one for EO1 and EO2, and one for EO3.

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.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message SAFM_EOPO318 - Cannot adjust beneficiary advances against documents with multiple POs ?

  The SAP error message SAFM_EOPO318 indicates that there is an issue with adjusting beneficiary advances against documents that are associated with multiple Purchase Orders (POs). This error typically arises in the context of financial transactions where advances are being processed, and the system is unable to reconcile or adjust these advances due to the complexity introduced by multiple POs.
  
  Cause:
  
  Multiple Purchase Orders: The primary cause of this error is that the document you are trying to adjust has multiple associated Purchase Orders. SAP requires a clear one-to-one relationship between advances and POs for adjustments to be processed correctly.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that do not allow for the adjustment of advances against documents with multiple POs.
  Data Integrity Issues: There could be inconsistencies or errors in the data related to the POs or the advances that are causing the system to reject the adjustment.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Single PO Adjustment: