How To Fix CNVA_20400_CHECK016 - Controlling areas use the same fiscal year variant

CNVA_20400_CHECK016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CNVA_20400_CHECK - Messages for contorlling areas checks

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Controlling areas use the same fiscal year variant

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CNVA_20400_CHECK016 - Details

• The SAP error message CNVA_20400_CHECK016 indicates that there is an issue related to the fiscal year variant configuration in the controlling (CO) module. Specifically, this error occurs when you attempt to perform a transaction or configuration that involves multiple controlling areas that are set up with the same fiscal year variant, which is not allowed in certain scenarios.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the controlling areas involved in the transaction or configuration share the same fiscal year variant. In SAP, each controlling area can have its own fiscal year variant, and when you try to execute a process that requires different fiscal year variants, the system raises this error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code OB29 to view the fiscal year variants.
  Identify the fiscal year variants assigned to the controlling areas involved in the transaction.
  
  
  
  Assign Different Fiscal