How To Fix V2440 - Only enter down payment cancellation &1 with the down payment request

V2440 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: V2 - Kopierfunktionen der Verkaufsbelegbearbeitung

• Message number: 440

• Message text: Only enter down payment cancellation &1 with the down payment request

What causes this issue?

You have selected a down payment reversal as the billing type.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

You can only process a down payment reversal if you have first posted a
down payment request in Financial Accounting.
It is not permitted that the value of the down payment reversal exceed
the value of the down payment request.

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V2440 - Details

• The SAP error message V2440, which states "Only enter down payment cancellation &1 with the down payment request," typically occurs in the context of managing down payments in the SAP system, particularly in the Sales and Distribution (SD) module. This error indicates that a down payment cancellation is being attempted without a corresponding down payment request.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A user tries to process a down payment cancellation (e.g., using transaction codes like F-39 or similar) without having a valid down payment request associated with it.
  The system expects that any cancellation of a down payment should be linked to an existing down payment request, which is not found in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Verify Down Payment Request: Check if there is a valid down payment request associated with the down payment you are trying to cancel. You can do this by:
  
  Navigating to the relevant transaction (e.g.,