How To Fix BP056 - Receiver year must immediately follow sender year

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BP - Budgeting and planning

• Message number: 056

• Message text: Receiver year must immediately follow sender year

What causes this issue?

Transfers for several years are only possible in several steps

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?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message BP056 - Receiver year must immediately follow sender year ?

  The SAP error message BP056 ("Receiver year must immediately follow sender year") typically occurs in the context of business partner (BP) data management, particularly when dealing with the transfer of data between different years in a business process, such as in financial transactions or reporting.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises when there is a mismatch in the fiscal year settings or when the data being processed involves a transition from one fiscal year to the next. Specifically, it indicates that the system expects the receiver year (the year to which data is being transferred or reported) to be the immediate next year following the sender year (the year from which data is being transferred or reported). For example, if the sender year is 2023, the receiver year should be 2024.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Settings: Ensure that the fiscal year settings in your SAP system