How To Fix WS870 - No identification object was entered for the invoicing party

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 870

• Message text: No identification object was entered for the invoicing party

What causes this issue?

For the settlement document type &V1&, settings have been made so that
the invoicing party is not determined directly but rather by means of an
identification object. However, no identification object was
transferred.

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

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS870 - No identification object was entered for the invoicing party ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WS870 - No identification object was entered for the invoicing party
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when the system expects an identification object (such as a tax number, VAT ID, or other required identification data) for the invoicing party in a billing document or related transaction, but none has been entered or maintained. The invoicing party is typically the customer or business partner who is being billed, and certain legal or business requirements mandate that specific identification data must be present for invoicing or tax reporting purposes.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  During billing document creation (e.g., invoice, credit memo).
  When the invoicing party's master data lacks mandatory identification objects.
  When the system is configured to require identification objects for invoicing parties (e.g., for tax compliance).
  In countries or scenarios where tax IDs or other identification numbers are mandatory on invoices.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Maintain Identification Object in Customer Master:
  
  Go to the customer master data (transaction XD02 or VD02 for sales