How To Fix WS841 - Text items are not relevant for subsequent settlement

WS841 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 841

• Message text: Text items are not relevant for subsequent settlement

What causes this issue?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

The fields
Item is relevant for subsequent settlement
Settlement group 1 to 3
may therefore not be filled.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WS841 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  WS841 - Text items are not relevant for subsequent settlement
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the settlement process in SAP when the system encounters text items (such as line item texts or document texts) that are not allowed or relevant for subsequent settlement. In other words, the system tries to settle costs or values from a document or line items that contain text fields which are not considered in the settlement rules or configuration.
  Typically, this happens because:
  
  The line items or documents contain text fields that are not flagged or configured to be included in the settlement.
  The settlement rule or settlement profile does not allow text items to be settled.
  The system expects only numeric or value-relevant items for settlement, but text items are present.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the WS841 error, consider the following steps:
  
  
  Check Settlement Profile and Rules:
  
  Verify the settlement profile assigned to the sender cost object.
  Ensure that the settlement profile allows text