How To Fix AO161 - The old approval year &1 is after the new approval year &2

AO161 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AO - Appropriation requests - Master data / Customizing

• Message number: 161

• Message text: The old approval year &1 is after the new approval year &2

What causes this issue?

You want to copy the assignment of variants from approval year &V1& to
approval year &V2&. The new approval year &V2&, however, is before the
old approval year &V1&.

System Response

The system carries out this function.

How to fix this error?

Check your entry, since it is normally not useful to make future
planning in a past year.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AO161 - The old approval year &1 is after the new approval year &2 ?

  The SAP error message AO161 indicates a discrepancy in the approval years during a process related to Asset Accounting (FI-AA) or similar modules. Specifically, it suggests that the old approval year (denoted as &1) is later than the new approval year (denoted as &2), which is logically inconsistent.
  
  Cause:
  This error typically arises in scenarios where:
  
  You are trying to post or approve transactions that involve asset values or depreciation for a year that has already been closed or is not valid.
  There may be a configuration issue or data entry error where the years are incorrectly specified.
  The system is attempting to process a transaction that references an old approval year that is not in the correct chronological order compared to the new approval year.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the AO161 error, consider the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Approval Years:
  
  Verify the approval years being used in the transaction. Ensure that the old approval year is indeed earlier than