How To Fix WS541 - Document &1 is reversal document, no new price determination is possible

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 541

• Message text: Document &1 is reversal document, no new price determination is possible

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS541 - Document &1 is reversal document, no new price determination is possible ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation of the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Error Message:
  WS541 - Document &1 is reversal document, no new price determination is possible
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to perform a price determination or pricing-related activity on a document that is a reversal document (i.e., a credit memo or cancellation document created to reverse a previous billing document). In SAP, reversal documents are linked to the original billing documents and do not allow new pricing conditions or price recalculations because they are meant to negate the original transaction.
  
  Explanation:
  
  A reversal document is created to cancel or reverse the effects of an original billing document.
  Since the reversal document is not a new sales transaction but a negation of a previous one, SAP does not allow new price determination or changes to pricing conditions.
  Attempting to trigger pricing or price recalculation on such a document leads to this error.
  
  
  When does this typically happen?
  
  When you try to change or update pricing conditions on a reversal billing document.
  When you try to create a credit memo or reversal document and the system attempts to recalculate prices.
  When custom developments or user exits try to perform pricing on reversal documents.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Do not perform price determination on reversal documents.
  
  Understand that reversal documents inherit pricing from the original document and are not meant to have new pricing.
  
  
  Check your process flow:  
  
  If you need to adjust pricing, do it on the original billing document or create a new billing document.
  Use reversal documents only to negate the original billing document.
  
  
  
  Review custom code or user exits:  
  
  If custom enhancements or user exits are triggering pricing on reversal documents, modify the logic to exclude reversal documents from pricing procedures.
  
  
  
  Check document type:  
  
  Ensure that the document you are working on is not a reversal document if you intend to perform pricing.
  
  
  
  
  Related Information:
  
  Transaction codes: VF01 (Create Billing Document), VF11 (Cancel Billing Document), VF02 (Change Billing Document)
  Tables: VBRK (Billing Document Header), VBRP (Billing Document Item)
  SAP Notes: Search for notes related to WS541 or pricing on reversal documents for any specific patches or updates.
  User exits/BADIs: Check if any pricing user exits (e.g., USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMK) are incorrectly triggered for reversal documents.
  
  
  Summary:
  
  Error WS541 means you are trying to price a reversal billing document.
  Reversal documents cannot have new price determination.
  Solution: Avoid pricing on reversal documents; adjust pricing on original documents or new billing documents instead.
  
  
  If you need help with a specific scenario or transaction, please provide more details!