How To Fix VS008 - Sales area &1 &2 &3 is only created for the reference customer

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VS - SD Master data

• Message number: 008

• Message text: Sales area &1 &2 &3 is only created for the reference customer

What causes this issue?

You have not created consumer &V4& for the sales areas &V1& &V2& &V3&.
The sales area data required for processing sales is copied from the
master record of the reference customer.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

If you want to maintain sales area data for consumer &V4&, that differs
from the sales area data maintained for the reference customer, you can
extend the consumer master record to include other sales areas, such as
&V1& &V2& &V3&.
To display the data maintained for the reference customer, choose
<ls>Reference customer</> in consumer master data maintenance.

Procedure for System Administrators

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