How To Fix FGV005 - No fiscal year variant specified

FGV005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FGV - Fiscal year variants

• Message number: 005

• Message text: No fiscal year variant specified

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FGV005 - Details

• The SAP error message FGV005: No fiscal year variant specified typically occurs when the system is unable to determine the fiscal year variant for a particular company code or when the configuration is incomplete. This error can arise in various financial transactions, such as posting documents or running reports.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The fiscal year variant has not been defined for the company code in the system.
  Incorrect Assignment: The fiscal year variant may not be correctly assigned to the company code.
  Transaction Context: The transaction being executed may not have the necessary fiscal year variant information available.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FGV005 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Company Code Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Reference IMG) ? Financial Accounting (New) ? Financial Accounting Global Settings ? Fiscal Year Change ? Define Fiscal Year Variant.
  Ensure that a fiscal year variant is defined.
  
  
  
  Assign Fiscal Year Variant to Company Code:
  
  In the same configuration path,