How To Fix WS038 - Description for settlement process type & does not exist in language &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 038

• Message text: Description for settlement process type & does not exist in language &

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS038 - Description for settlement process type & does not exist in language & ?

  The SAP error message WS038 typically appears during the settlement process in Controlling (CO) when the system cannot find the description for a settlement process type in the specified language.
  
  Error Message
  WS038:
  Description for settlement process type & does not exist in language &
  
  The first & is replaced by the settlement process type (e.g., PER).
  The second & is replaced by the language key (e.g., EN).
  
  
  Cause
  This error occurs because the system is trying to display or use the description of a settlement process type in a particular language, but the description is missing or not maintained in that language.
  Settlement process types are defined in customizing, and their descriptions must be maintained for all relevant languages. If the description is missing for the language in which the user is working, the system cannot display it and throws this error.
  
  Solution
  
  
  Maintain the description for the settlement process type in the required language:
  
  
  Go to transaction SPRO ?
  Controlling