How To Fix VH542 - Pricing error: Condition update not supported (condition type &1).

VH542 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VH - SD pricing

• Message number: 542

• Message text: Pricing error: Condition update not supported (condition type &1).

What causes this issue?

Condition update is activated in Customizing for the condition type &V1&
.
If pricing is called from SAP S/4HANA for customer management, this
function is not supported.

System Response

The condition record is deactivated and a pricing error is raised. This
means that your business transaction cannot be completed.

How to fix this error?

Contact your system administrator.

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Deactivate the condition update function in Customizing for the
condition type.
For more information about settings for pricing, see Customizing for
<LS>Customer Management </>under <LS>Basic Functions</> -> <LS>Pricing
</> -> <LS>Configure Pricing</>.
For more information about non-supported pricing functions in customer
management, search for <LS>Pricing Functions Not Supported in Customer
Management</> in the relevant version of <LS>SAP S/4HANA for customer
management </>on <LS>SAP Help Portal</>.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VH542 - Pricing error: Condition update not supported (condition type &1). ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  VH542 - Pricing error: Condition update not supported (condition type &1)
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the pricing procedure in sales and distribution (SD) when the system tries to update a condition record for a condition type that is not allowed to be updated in the current context.
  More specifically:  
  
  The pricing procedure includes a condition type that is set to be updated (e.g., in the condition update indicator), but the system does not support updating this condition type in the current document or transaction.  
  This often happens if the condition type is configured as a statistical condition or if the condition type is not maintained for update in the pricing procedure or condition master data.  
  It can also occur if the condition type is set to update in the pricing procedure but the document type or sales area