How To Fix WY158 - Customer processing terminated. Indicator has been deselected.

WY158 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WY - Supplier Master

• Message number: 158

• Message text: Customer processing terminated. Indicator has been deselected.

What causes this issue?

In the purchasing data of the vendor master, you selected an indicator
which defines that a vendor return is to be carried out using shipping
processing.
To do this, you must enter a customer master record for the vendor.
However, creation of this customer has not been completed correctly.

System Response

The indicator for vendor returns using shipping processing has been
deselected.

How to fix this error?

If you want vendor returns to be made using shipping processing, reset
the indicator, and create a customer master record for the vendor.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WY158 - Customer processing terminated. Indicator has been deselected. ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WY158 - Customer processing terminated. Indicator has been deselected.
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during customer processing (such as in sales order processing or delivery processing) when a specific indicator related to the customer or business partner has been deselected or deactivated. The system expects this indicator to be active for the process to continue, but since it is not, the processing is terminated.
  Common scenarios include:
  
  The "Customer is blocked" indicator or a similar status flag has been deselected or set incorrectly.
  The customer master data or partner function settings have been changed, causing the system to stop processing.
  A required indicator for processing (e.g., "Deliver to customer," "Bill to customer," or "Customer is active") is missing or unchecked.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Customer Master Data:
  
  Go to transaction XD03 (Display Customer) or VD03 (Display Customer Sales Area).
  Verify the status indicators such as "Customer Block," "Sales Block," or any relevant flags.
  Ensure that the customer is not blocked for sales