How To Fix /ATL/GENERAL013 - Enter the same fiscal year variant for sender and receiver

/ATL/GENERAL013 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /ATL/GENERAL -

• Message number: 013

• Message text: Enter the same fiscal year variant for sender and receiver

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /ATL/GENERAL013 - Enter the same fiscal year variant for sender and receiver ?

  The SAP error message /ATL/GENERAL013 indicates that there is a mismatch in the fiscal year variants between the sender and receiver in a transaction or process. This error typically occurs in the context of financial postings, especially when dealing with allocations or transfers between different cost centers, internal orders, or other financial objects.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  The sender and receiver objects (e.g., cost centers, internal orders) are assigned different fiscal year variants.
  The fiscal year variant defines how the fiscal year is structured, including the number of periods and special periods. If these do not match between the sender and receiver, SAP cannot process the transaction.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB29 to view the fiscal year variants.
  Identify the fiscal year variant assigned to the sender and receiver objects.
  
  
  
  Align Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  If the fiscal year variants are different, you will need