SAP Message VL444 - Item &1: The original order item has already been invoiced

Diagnosis
The order item that is the basis for the current item &V1& has alreadybeen billed. The billingdocument was created, taking into account the delivery quantities (
billing-relevance).

System Response
Changing the delivery quantity or deleting the item causes aninconsistency between the billing documemt and the delivery. Dependingon your Customizing settings, the system rejects the requested changeor issues a message telling you when this situation can be tolerated inyour system.

Procedure
Where necessary, cancel the billing document before you make therequired changes to the delivery.

Procedure for System Administration

  • You can control billing-relevance of the delivery item in Customizing
  • for the order item category
    of the same name.
    To do this, choose Customizing for Sales and Distribution: Sales--> Sales Documents --> Sales Document Item -->Define Item Categories.
    • You can also specify the characteristics of this message in
    • Customizing.
      To do this, choose Customizing for Logistics Execution: Shipping
      --> System Modifications -->Specify Characteristics for SystemMessages.