How To Fix AAPO171 - Enter date in closed fiscal year

AAPO171 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AAPO - Asset Accounting - Posting

• Message number: 171

• Message text: Enter date in closed fiscal year

What causes this issue?

The system is able to automatically determine the depreciation to be
caught up, or to automatically create the asset to be posted, only if
the original asset value date of the post-capitalization is in a fiscal
year that is already closed.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Check your entry.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

AAPO171 - Details

• The SAP error message AAPO171, which states "Enter date in closed fiscal year," typically occurs when a user attempts to post a transaction or make an entry in a closed fiscal year. This can happen in various modules, including Asset Accounting (FI-AA), when the system does not allow postings to a fiscal year that has already been closed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Closed Fiscal Year: The primary cause of this error is that the fiscal year you are trying to enter data for has been closed in the system. This means that no further postings can be made for that year.
  Configuration Settings: The system settings may be configured to prevent any transactions from being posted to closed fiscal years.
  Incorrect Date Entry: The date you are trying to enter may inadvertently fall into a closed fiscal year.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Fiscal Year Status: Verify the status of the fiscal year in question. You can do this by checking the