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2889293 - Account Group changes is not permitted for Business Partner with CPD Account Group (One Time Customers) in SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Symptom

  • Error "Switch to account group &1 not possible" is raised when trying to change CPD account group to another account group (Customer or Supplier) for a Business Partner.
  • "Customer ******* is a one-time customer. No change of account group defined" is encountered when there is an attempt to change the account group.

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Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open a Business Partner with Grouping CPD.
  2. Click on Edit.
  3. Change the account group.
  4. Click on save.
  5. The system raises the error.

Cause

The CPD Customer Account group is a "One-Time" account group, so it is not possible to make changes to another account group. This is hardcoded into the system.

Resolution

  1. Archive and then delete the CPD Customer Business Partner. 
  2. Re-create the Customer Business Partner in the desired new account group.

See Also

2742388 - S4HC: How to delete Business Partner, Customer or Supplier Master Data in S/4HANA Cloud.

Keywords

switch, account, group, CPD, one-time, customer, supplier, CVIV_UI178, CVIV_UI 178, F2 688, F2688, LO-MD-BP, S4HC, S/4HANA, S4_PC , KBA , LO-MD-BP , Business Partners , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions