How To Fix FI184 - Company code &1: fiscal year variants in FM and FI are different

FI184 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 184

• Message text: Company code &1: fiscal year variants in FM and FI are different

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FI184 - Details

• The SAP error message FI184 indicates that there is a mismatch between the fiscal year variants used in the Funds Management (FM) module and the Financial Accounting (FI) module for a specific company code. This can lead to inconsistencies in financial reporting and data processing.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  The fiscal year variant assigned to the company code in the FI module is different from the fiscal year variant assigned in the FM module.
  This can happen if the fiscal year variants were set up incorrectly during configuration or if changes were made to one module without corresponding changes in the other.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the fiscal year variants for both FM and FI are aligned. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check Current Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB29 to check the fiscal year variant assigned to the company code in FI.
  Go to the transaction