How To Fix VF_PRC_API025 - Pricing error: Duplicate document item number &1 is not allowed.

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VF_PRC_API - Messages for Pricing API

• Message number: 025

• Message text: Pricing error: Duplicate document item number &1 is not allowed.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VF_PRC_API025 - Pricing error: Duplicate document item number &1 is not allowed. ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation of the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  VF_PRC_API025: Pricing error: Duplicate document item number &1 is not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the billing document creation or pricing procedure when the system detects that there are two or more items in the billing document with the same item number. In SAP SD (Sales and Distribution), each item in a billing document must have a unique item number. Duplicate item numbers violate this rule and cause the pricing routine or billing document creation to fail.
  Common scenarios causing this error:
  
  Custom or standard user-exits or BAdIs incorrectly copying or creating items with the same item number.
  Incorrect data migration or manual document creation where item numbers are not unique.
  Issues in the interface or IDoc processing where item numbers are duplicated.
  Custom pricing routines or enhancements that do not handle item numbering properly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check the Billing Document Items:
  
  Review the billing document items to ensure each item has a unique item number.
  Use transaction VF03 to display the billing document and verify item numbers.
  
  
  
  Analyze the Source Document:
  
  Check the sales order or delivery document from which the billing document is created.
  Ensure that item numbers in the source documents are unique and correctly mapped.
  
  
  
  Debug Pricing or Billing Routines:
  
  If custom enhancements (user-exits, BAdIs) are used in pricing or billing, debug them to check if item numbers are being duplicated.
  Common exits to check: USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMK, USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP, or BAdIs like SD_BILLING.
  
  
  
  Check IDoc or Interface Processing:
  
  If billing documents are created via IDocs (e.g., message type INVOIC), verify the item numbering in the IDoc segments.
  Ensure the interface logic assigns unique item numbers.
  
  
  
  Correct the Item Numbering Logic:
  
  Adjust the logic in custom code or interface to assign unique item numbers.
  If necessary, implement a routine to renumber items before pricing or billing.
  
  
  
  Recreate the Billing Document:
  
  After correcting the source data or logic, try to recreate the billing document.
  
  
  
  
  Related Information:
  
  
  Transaction Codes:
  
  VF01 - Create Billing Document
  VF03 - Display Billing Document
  VA03 - Display Sales Order
  VL03N - Display Delivery Document
  
  
  
  SAP Notes:
  
  Check SAP Notes related to billing and pricing errors for your SAP version.
  Example: SAP Note 1234567 (hypothetical) might address similar issues.
  
  
  
  Debugging Tips:
  
  Set breakpoints in pricing routines or user-exits to monitor item number assignments.
  Use transaction SE37 to test function modules related to pricing.
  
  
  
  Documentation:
  
  SAP SD Pricing and Billing documentation.
  SAP Help Portal for SD Billing and Pricing.
  
  
  
  
  Summary:
  The error VF_PRC_API025 is caused by duplicate item numbers in a billing document, which is not allowed. The solution involves ensuring unique item numbers in billing document items by checking source documents, debugging custom code, and correcting interface logic.
  
  If you provide more context (e.g., how the billing document is created, any custom code involved), I can help with more specific guidance.