How To Fix TU196 - No budget billing plans exist for business partner &1

TU196 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TU - Billing/Scheduling/Budget Billing

• Message number: 196

• Message text: No budget billing plans exist for business partner &1

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TU196 - Details

• The SAP error message TU196 indicates that there are no budget billing plans available for the specified business partner. This error typically occurs in the context of billing and invoicing processes, particularly in utilities or service industries where budget billing plans are used to manage customer payments.
  
  Cause:
  
  No Budget Billing Plan Created: The most common cause is that the business partner (customer) does not have any budget billing plans set up in the system.
  Incorrect Business Partner: The business partner ID provided may be incorrect or not properly linked to any budget billing plans.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies or missing data in the master data related to the business partner or billing plans.
  Inactive or Expired Plans: The existing budget billing plans may be inactive or have expired.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Create a Budget Billing Plan:
  
  Navigate to the relevant transaction in SAP (e.g., transaction code FZB1 for creating budget billing plans).
  Ensure that you create a budget