How To Fix WY146 - GR-based IV reqd for auto. GR settlment suppliers/returns or revaluation

WY146 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WY - Supplier Master

• Message number: 146

• Message text: GR-based IV reqd for auto. GR settlment suppliers/returns or revaluation

What causes this issue?

You made an agreement with the vendor that:
Deliveries or returns are automatically settled
Deliveries that have already been settled can be newly valued
Returns are automatically debited
However, a prerequisite for this is goods-receipt based invoice
verification.

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?

Activate goods-receipt based invoice verification.
<ZH>Note:</>
If you are working with a purchase order for which invoices are created
using an invoice plan, you can ignore this message.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WY146 - GR-based IV reqd for auto. GR settlment suppliers/returns or revaluation ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WY146: "GR-based IV reqd for auto. GR settlement suppliers/returns or revaluation":
  
  Error Message:
  WY146 - GR-based IV reqd for auto. GR settlement suppliers/returns or revaluation
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you are trying to perform an automatic Goods Receipt (GR) settlement for a supplier, returns, or revaluation scenario, but the system requires a GR-based Invoice Verification (IV) to be done first. In other words, the system expects that the invoice verification is based on the goods receipt document, but this is missing or not properly maintained.
  This typically happens in scenarios where:
  
  The vendor is set up for GR-based invoice verification in the purchasing info record or vendor master.
  You are trying to settle GR automatically (e.g., in returns or revaluation processes).
  The system cannot find a corresponding GR-based invoice verification document to proceed with the automatic settlement.
  
  
  Explanation:
  
  GR-based Invoice Verification means that the invoice verification is linked to