How To Fix WS848 - SDoc type & for cancellation has diff. SDoc cat. & than current SDoc type

WS848 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 848

• Message text: SDoc type & for cancellation has diff. SDoc cat. & than current SDoc type

What causes this issue?

Cancellation variant &V4& is maintained for the settlement document type
for cancellation. For this variant, the settlement document category of
the settlement document type for cancellation must be identical to the
settlement document category of the settlement document type.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WS848 - Details

• The SAP error message:
  WS848: SDoc type & for cancellation has diff. SDoc cat. & than current SDoc type
  
  Meaning / 
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to cancel or reverse a document (SDoc) in SAP, but the cancellation document type assigned to the original document has a different document category than the original document type itself.
  In SAP, each document type (SDoc type) is assigned a document category (SDoc cat.). When performing cancellation or reversal, the system expects the cancellation document type to have the same document category as the original document type. If they differ, the system throws this error.
  
  Why does this happen?
  
  The configuration for the cancellation document type is incorrect.
  The cancellation document type assigned to the original document type is not consistent in terms of document category.
  Possibly, a custom or standard document type was assigned as cancellation type but it belongs to a different category.
  
  
  How to check and solve:
  
  
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