How To Fix FAGL_LEDGER_CUST147 - Fiscal year variant has been changed (see long text)

FAGL_LEDGER_CUST147 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FAGL_LEDGER_CUST - New General Ledger: Customizing

• Message number: 147

• Message text: Fiscal year variant has been changed (see long text)

What causes this issue?

The fiscal year variant for the non-leading ledger &V1& in company code
&V2& has been changed from fiscal year variant &V4& to fiscal year
variant &V3&. Normally, changes to the fiscal year variant are not
permitted. Such a change is only permitted if a shortened fiscal year is
involved (as is the case here).

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?

The customer is responsible for ensuring that postings are not made to
periods that might not exist in future.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

Smart SAP Assistant

• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FAGL_LEDGER_CUST147 - Fiscal year variant has been changed (see long text) ?

  The SAP error message FAGL_LEDGER_CUST147 indicates that there has been a change in the fiscal year variant for a ledger. This can occur in the context of Financial Accounting (FI) and can affect how financial data is processed and reported.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises when:
  
  The fiscal year variant assigned to a ledger has been modified after transactions have already been posted.
  There is a mismatch between the fiscal year variant of the ledger and the fiscal year variant of the company code or other related entities.
  Changes in configuration settings related to fiscal year variants that impact the ledger.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variant Settings:
  
  Go to the configuration settings in SAP (Transaction Code: SPRO).
  Navigate to Financial Accounting (New) > General Ledger Accounting (New) > Master Data > G/L Accounts > G/L Account Creation > Define Fiscal Year Variant.
  Verify the fiscal year variant assigned to the ledger