How To Fix VL778 - Ship-to party for divsion &1 not maintained. Transferring division &2.

VL778 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VL -

• Message number: 778

• Message text: Ship-to party for divsion &1 not maintained. Transferring division &2.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VL778 - Ship-to party for divsion &1 not maintained. Transferring division &2. ?

  The SAP error message VL778 indicates that there is an issue with the configuration of the ship-to party in relation to the division in the sales document. Specifically, it means that the system cannot find a valid ship-to party for the specified division in the sales order or delivery.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The ship-to party (customer) is not maintained for the specified division in the customer master data.
  Division Assignment: The division assigned to the sales order or delivery does not have a corresponding ship-to party defined in the customer master.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the master data or the sales document that lead to this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Customer Master Data:
  
  Go to the customer master data (transaction code XD02 for general data or VD02 for sales area data).
  Verify that the ship-to party is correctly maintained for the relevant division. You can check this under the sales area data for the customer.
  
  
  
  Maintain Ship-to