How To Fix WB2B288 - Billing document to Settlement Mgmt. document copy control is not active

WB2B288 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WB2B - Trading Contract

• Message number: 288

• Message text: Billing document to Settlement Mgmt. document copy control is not active

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WB2B288 - Billing document to Settlement Mgmt. document copy control is not active ?

  The SAP error message WB2B288 indicates that there is an issue with the copy control settings between billing documents and settlement management documents. This typically occurs when the system is unable to copy data from a billing document to a settlement management document due to the absence of the necessary configuration.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by the lack of active copy control settings for the specific billing document type and the corresponding settlement management document type. This can happen if:
  
  The copy control settings have not been defined for the relevant document types.
  The settings are defined but not activated.
  There is a mismatch in the document types being used.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to check and configure the copy control settings in SAP. Here are the steps to do so:
  
  
  Access Copy Control Settings:
  
  Go to the transaction code VTFL (for billing documents) or VTFA (for settlement management documents).
  You can also navigate through the