How To Fix VL597 - Role of ship-to party must be defined in partner schema &1 as mandatory

VL597 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VL -

• Message number: 597

• Message text: Role of ship-to party must be defined in partner schema &1 as mandatory

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VL597 - Details

• The SAP error message VL597 indicates that the role of the ship-to party is not defined as mandatory in the partner schema for the relevant document type. This error typically occurs during the processing of sales orders, deliveries, or other logistics-related transactions where partner functions are involved.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when the system expects a mandatory partner function (in this case, the ship-to party) to be defined in the partner schema, but it is either not defined or not marked as mandatory. The partner schema determines which partner functions are required for a particular business process.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the partner schema is correctly configured to include the ship-to party as a mandatory role. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access Partner Schema Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code SPRO to access the SAP Reference IMG.
  Navigate to the following path:Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions ->