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
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Go to the Implementation Projects view.
- Select the project ABC (ABC refes to the project name).
- Click Open Activity List button.
- Click Integrate and Extend tab.
- Search for Set of Books activity.
- Select Set of Books DEF (DEF refers to the set of books).
- Click Edit button.
- 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