Idoc INVOIC error Baseline date for payment does not exist

Question

Dear All,
I am facing the following error message when processing an idoc to do an MM invoice reception (operation similar to a MIRO).
The payment term is correctly maintained in the purchase order.
Idoc message type INVOIC MM.
Baseline date for payment does not exist
Message no. M8356
Diagnosis
You have tried to post a document without a baseline date for payment.
The system will not allow you to do this.
Check the purchase order. No terms of payment have been entered in the document header or no suggestion has been defined in Customizing for the baseline date for payment for the terms of payment entered.
If you get the error message during automatic settlement of planned delivery costs, maintain the term of payment in the master record (Payment Transactions, Financial Accounting) for the freight vendor or use the Business Add-In MRM_ERS_HDAT_MODIFY to determine the term of payment.
Regards
Arnaud

Answer 1

Hello,
Date for starting the calculation of the baseline date is indeed managed in the TC OME2 (document date, posting date, etc..).
In my project, there is already some companies using payment term N60N, so it should be possible to continue using it.
I solved this issue by putting a payment term in the vendors master data (company & purchasing views) and also in the customers views (company / sales orga) otherwise the structure of the idoc is different.
Thanks anyway for your input.
Keep in touch.
Regards
Arnaud