How To Fix WS144 - Accounts found for material & and item &

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 144

• Message text: Accounts found for material & and item &

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS144 - Accounts found for material & and item & ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WS144: "Accounts found for material & and item &":
  
  SAP Error Message: WS144
  Text: Accounts found for material & and item &
  
  
  Cause:
  This message typically appears during the Goods Movement or Invoice Verification process in SAP MM (Materials Management) or FI (Financial Accounting) when the system finds existing account assignments for a particular material and item combination.
  More specifically:
  
  The system is trying to post a transaction (e.g., goods receipt, invoice, or transfer posting) for a material and item.
  It checks the account assignment data (such as cost center, order, project, etc.) linked to the material.
  The system finds that there are already account assignments maintained for this material and item.
  This can happen if multiple account assignments exist or if the system expects a unique account assignment but finds more than one.
  
  
  When does this occur?
  
  During Goods Receipt (GR) or Invoice Verification (IV) for a purchase order item