How To Fix SPC01017 - Payment conditions have not been maintained in the system

SPC01017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SPC01 - Message: EDI Purchase Order Change (A&D SPC)

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Payment conditions have not been maintained in the system

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message SPC01017 - Payment conditions have not been maintained in the system ?

  The SAP error message SPC01017 indicates that payment conditions have not been maintained in the system for a specific transaction or document. This error typically arises in the context of sales and distribution (SD) or financial accounting (FI) when trying to process a transaction that requires payment terms to be defined.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Payment Terms: The most common cause is that the payment terms have not been defined for the customer or vendor in the master data.
  Incomplete Master Data: The customer or vendor master record may be incomplete, lacking necessary payment condition details.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration settings related to payment terms in the SAP system.
  Document Type Settings: The document type being used may not have the appropriate payment conditions assigned.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Maintain Payment Terms:
  
  Go to the customer or vendor master record and ensure that payment terms are maintained.
  You can do this by navigating to:
  For Customers: Transaction code XD02 (Change