How To Fix CNV_20000228 - Differing fiscal year variants in Operating concern &1 and CoAr &2

CNV_20000228 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNV_20000 - Messages for fiscal year change

• Message number: 228

• Message text: Differing fiscal year variants in Operating concern &1 and CoAr &2

What causes this issue?

Fiscal year variant &V3& of operating concern &V1& does not match with
fiscal year variant &V4& of assigned controlling area &V2&.
Both variants must be customized with:
Same number of posting periods (the number of special periods may vary)
Same period limits

System Response

Serious warning.
Tables associated with operating concern &V1& will be excluded from the
conversion.

How to fix this error?

Ensure that the fiscal year variants of the operating concern and the
asssigned controlling area must agree.

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

CNV_20000228 - Details

• The SAP error message CNV_20000228 indicates that there is a mismatch in the fiscal year variants between the operating concern and the controlling area in your SAP system. This error typically arises during the data migration process or when trying to perform certain operations that require consistency between these two components.
  
  Cause:
  
  Differing Fiscal Year Variants: The operating concern (which is part of the Profitability Analysis module) and the controlling area (which is part of the Controlling module) have been configured with different fiscal year variants. This means that the periods and fiscal year settings do not align, leading to inconsistencies in reporting and data processing.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the fiscal year variants for both the operating concern and the controlling area are the same. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code OB29 to view the fiscal year variants.
  Identify