Define & Assign Blocking Reason in SAP (OVV4, S_ALR_87007670)

What is Blocking Reason?

Blocking reason is using to block bill creation for a customer. Blocking reason can be defined as per business requirements. After the creation of blocking reason, it has assigned to corresponding document types and used in document processing. Customer can also be blocked in Customer Master.

There are multiple reasons to block customer, some reasons are as below-

  • Customer is blacklist due to involvement in unlawful activities.
  • Customer defaulted payment.

Blocking is a 2 step process –

  1. Create Blocking Reason
  2. Assign Blocking Reason

Lets look at these steps in detail-

Step 1) Create Blocking Reason

Step 1.1)

  1. Enter T-code S_ALR_87007670 in the command field.
  2. Click on choose button.

Create Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 1.2) Click on new entries button.

Create Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 1.3)

  1. Enter block code and billing block description.
  2. Click on save button.

Create Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 1.4) Click on save Create Blocking Reason in SAP button.

A message “Data was saved” will be displayed.

Create Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 2) Assign Blocking Reason

Step 2.1)

  1. Enter T-code OVV4 in command field.
  2. Click on new entries button.

Assign Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 2.2)

  1. Enter Blocking code.
  2. Enter Billing type.
  3. Save the record.

Assign Blocking Reason in SAP

Step 2.3) A message ” Data was saved ” displayed.

Assign Blocking Reason in SAP