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2013755 - Fiscal Year Variant Cannot be Changed

Symptom

You want to change the Fiscal Year Variant of the current fiscal year, which is already in use.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select the project ABC (ABC refes to the project name).
  4. Click Open Activity List button.
  5. Click Integrate and Extend tab.
  6. Search for Set of Books activity.
  7. Select Set of Books DEF (DEF refers to the set of books).
  8. Click Edit button.
  9. Change Fiscal Year Variant field.

Cause

Changing Fiscal Year Variant would lead to severe inconsistencies in the system and would lead to the fact the Financial Reporting would no longer work.

This change cannot be performed.

Resolution

This change can be performed just for a new fiscal year, derived from a new set of books which would be using the desired Fiscal Year Variant.

See Also

KBA 1825057 - How to Change Fiscal Year Variant

Keywords

fiscal year variant; fiscal year; set of books , KBA , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions