How To Fix D9601 - Validity date &1 is different from generation date &2

D9601 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: D9 - Environment Management System

• Message number: 601

• Message text: Validity date &1 is different from generation date &2

What causes this issue?

When creating a report on your system you have specified a validity date
being different from the generation date.

System Response

The report is created with the substance data valid at the validity date
&V1&.
This may cause the following effects:
Validity date in the past: On the report with the highest version the
newest substance data is not considered.
Validity date in the future: On the report only substance data is
considered which was maintained until the generation date.

How to fix this error?

If no reports having a validity date in the past should be created you
have to set in your system the environment parameter
REPORT_CREATE_IN_PAST_ALLOWED to an empty value.

Procedure for System Administrators

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message D9601 - Validity date &1 is different from generation date &2 ?

  The SAP error message D9601, which states "Validity date &1 is different from generation date &2," typically occurs in the context of master data management, particularly when dealing with validity periods for certain data records, such as pricing conditions, material master data, or other time-sensitive data.
  
  Cause:
  This error arises when there is a mismatch between the validity date of a record and the date on which the record was generated or last updated. Specifically, it indicates that the validity date (the date from which the record is considered valid) does not align with the generation date (the date the record was created or modified). This can happen due to:
  
  Manual Data Entry Errors: Users may have entered an incorrect validity date.
  Data Migration Issues: During data uploads or migrations, the validity dates may not have been set correctly.
  System 
  Configuration Issues: There may be inconsistencies in the configuration of the system that affect how