No alternative payee/payer defined

[Former Member]

Dear Expert,

I have encounter an error message during post Invoice Verification (MIRO). Its a non trade PO with account assignment and the vendor for this PO is One Time Vendor.

Error Message: "no alternative payee/payer defined".

Previously my invoice posting is ok. I am not sure what FICO have changed towards this ONE time vendor and caused this error.

Thanks,

Kiran D.

[Former Member]

Hello

Check the master record for the vendor.

Probably, since it is One Time Vendor, you may be required to enter an alternative payee.

Two Options: One is enter the same vendor number in the field. Second make the field as optional in account group settings.

You won't this error.

Reg

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[former_member581986]

Hi,

actually, the problem most likely is that the vendor is a one-time account but it was specified in the master record that alternate payees are allowed in the document.

You can check this as follows:

go to FK03, enter the vendor number and mark the Payment transactions (under General data) flag only. Press enter.

When in the master record, first check if field "Individual spec" under Alternative payee in document is ticked. I think it is. Then, press Shift-F8 to see the administrative data. Right below the account group (is it CPD by chance), there is a checkbox one-time account. Is that ticked as well? I bet it is.

If you say this particular account has worked for you earlier, it looks like someone has changed that Individual spec. (LFA1-XZEMPF) field in the master. Here is how to check: close that small window with the administrative data and put your cursor in the field Individual spec. Make sure the field is "selected", the cursor must be on the field. Then choose menu path Environment --> Field changes. You should see a line with a date there, saying old value was space and new value is X. Doubleclick that line to find out who has made that change.

You can get rid off of that error message if the "Individual spec" field is not checked in the master record. Before removing the flag, consult the user who has changed it recently to avoid conflicts later.

Hope that helps, points welcome

Csaba

[Former Member]

hi

in your case you are saying that you are posting to one time vendor , one time vendor is used for only one time but not for many transactions continuously that's the reason it's throwing that error message

if you want to post again to that vendor you have to create that vendor as normal vendor but not as a one time vendor.