How To Fix VR036 - The standard billing document type is not a pro forma billing document

VR036 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VR - Output for SD Reporting

• Message number: 036

• Message text: The standard billing document type is not a pro forma billing document

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VR036 - The standard billing document type is not a pro forma billing document ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message VR036: "The standard billing document type is not a pro forma billing document":
  
  Error Message:
  VR036 - The standard billing document type is not a pro forma billing document
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to create a pro forma billing document, but the system finds that the standard billing document type assigned in the configuration is not set as a pro forma billing document type.
  In SAP SD (Sales and Distribution), billing document types are configured to define the nature of the billing document, such as:
  
  Invoice
  Credit Memo
  Debit Memo
  Pro Forma Invoice
  
  Each billing document type has specific settings, including whether it is a pro forma billing document or not.
  If the system expects a pro forma billing document but the assigned billing document type is a standard invoice type (not flagged as pro forma), this error is triggered.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  When creating a pro forma invoice