SAP Message R1708 - BP role &1 not permitted ('General Maintenance' indicator set)

Diagnosis
BP role &V1& is marked for general business partner maintenance. Thisrole is used if you want to create data for a business partner forwhich a role cannot be associated.
In contrast to the other roles, the role is not saved when the partneris created, which means the partner cannot exist in this role.

System Response
Error message

Procedure
Do not make any role specifications if you want business partner roledefinition to apply to business partners in general.