How To Fix AA455 - & depreciation areas have different fiscal year variants

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AA - Messages for Asset Accounting

• Message number: 455

• Message text: & depreciation areas have different fiscal year variants

What causes this issue?

You tried to assign different fiscal year variants to depreciation
areas that post to the general ledger. The system does not allow this.

System Response

The data is not saved to the database.

How to fix this error?

Change posting indicator BUHBKT of the depreciation area, or assign the
depreciation area the same fiscal year variant.
There are three different options for assigning fiscal year variants.
(Note: settings you make at higher levels override the settings made at
lower levels). You can assign fiscal year variants at:
Company code level
Company code level in Asset Accounting
Depreciation area level

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AA455 - & depreciation areas have different fiscal year variants ?

  The SAP error message AA455 indicates that there is a mismatch in the fiscal year variants for different depreciation areas in Asset Accounting (FI-AA). This typically occurs when you have assets that are set up with different fiscal year variants, which can lead to inconsistencies in how depreciation is calculated and reported.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Fiscal Year Variants: The primary cause of this error is that the depreciation areas assigned to an asset have different fiscal year variants. For example, if one depreciation area is set to a calendar year fiscal year variant and another is set to a non-calendar year variant, this will trigger the error.
  
  Configuration Issues: This can also arise from incorrect configuration in the asset master data or in the settings of the depreciation areas.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the AA455 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Depreciation Areas:
  
  Go to the Asset Master Record (Transaction Code: AS03) and check the depreciation areas assigned