How To Fix WS518 - Documents with different material periods cannot be created together

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 518

• Message text: Documents with different material periods cannot be created together

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS518 - Documents with different material periods cannot be created together ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation of the SAP error message WS518 - "Documents with different material periods cannot be created together":
  
  Error Message:
  WS518 - Documents with different material periods cannot be created together
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to post or create material documents in SAP that belong to different material periods within the same transaction or batch. 
  
  Material periods are defined in the Material Ledger or Inventory Management and represent the periods for which material movements or postings are recorded.
  SAP requires that all material documents created together (e.g., in a single batch or transaction) must belong to the same material period.
  If the system detects that the documents span across different material periods (e.g., one document is for period 03/2024 and another for 04/2024), it throws this error.
  
  This usually happens when:
  
  The material ledger periods are open for some materials but closed for others.
  The posting date or document date crosses a period