How To Fix AP053 - Fiscal year variants do not agree

AP053 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AP - Investment program messages

• Message number: 053

• Message text: Fiscal year variants do not agree

What causes this issue?

The investment program contains positions for controlling area &V3&, or
you want to create a position that belongs to this controlling area.
However, fiscal year variant &V2& in controlling area &V3& does not
agree with fiscal year variant &V1&, which is set in the investment
program.
The fiscal year variants agree when they have the same:
Number of posting periods (the number of special periods is permitted
to be different)
Start and end dates for their periods

How to fix this error?

Check your entries.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message AP053 - Fiscal year variants do not agree ?

  The SAP error message AP053 ("Fiscal year variants do not agree") typically occurs when there is a mismatch between the fiscal year variant settings in different areas of the SAP system. This can happen in various scenarios, such as when trying to post transactions that involve different fiscal year variants or when configuring financial documents that reference different fiscal year settings.
  
  Cause:
  
  Mismatched Fiscal Year Variants: The fiscal year variant set in the company code does not match the fiscal year variant set in the controlling area or other related areas.
  
  Configuration Issues: Incorrect configuration in the financial accounting (FI) or controlling (CO) modules, where different components are using different fiscal year variants.
  Document Types: The document type being used may be linked to a different fiscal year variant than the one defined for the company code or controlling area.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Go to the SPRO transaction (SAP Reference IMG) and navigate to:
  Financial Accounting (FI) >