How To Fix WS089 - Customer & maintained in sales area & as invoice recipient &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 089

• Message text: Customer & maintained in sales area & as invoice recipient &

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS089 - Customer & maintained in sales area & as invoice recipient & ?

  The SAP error message WS089 typically appears in the context of sales and distribution (SD) when there is an inconsistency or missing data related to the customer master records, specifically concerning the roles of the customer in the sales area and invoice recipient.
  
  Error Message WS089
  Message Text:
  Customer & maintained in sales area & as invoice recipient &
  
  Cause
  This error occurs because the system expects the customer to be maintained (i.e., properly set up) in the sales area as an invoice recipient, but this is not the case. In other words:
  
  The customer is either not maintained in the sales area as an invoice recipient.
  Or the customer master data is incomplete or inconsistent regarding the invoice recipient role in the sales area.
  
  This can happen during sales order processing, billing, or invoice creation when the system tries to determine the invoice recipient but cannot find the appropriate customer master data maintained for that sales area.
  
  Explanation
  
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