How To Fix FI234 - Different FM fiscal years: Invoice &1 &2 &3 for payment &4

FI234 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 234

• Message text: Different FM fiscal years: Invoice &1 &2 &3 for payment &4

What causes this issue?

The invoice and the payment lie in differing fiscal years in Funds
Management. Therefore, the invoice cannot be converted into a payment.

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?

If the FM fiscal year of the invoice precedes the fiscal year of the
payment, you must execute a commitments carryforward for this invoice.
Then, you can restart the payment conversion.
If the fiscal year of the payment precedes the FM fiscal year of the
invoice, it is not possible to convert to the new fiscal year.
In this case, you can:
reverse the payment in the preceding year and post it into the new
fiscal year
or undo the commitment carryforward for the invoice

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FI234 - Details

• The SAP error message FI234 "Different FM fiscal years: Invoice &1 &2 &3 for payment &4" typically occurs in the context of Funds Management (FM) when there is a mismatch in the fiscal years of the invoices being processed for a payment. This can happen when you are trying to pay invoices that belong to different fiscal years, which is not allowed in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Fiscal Years: The invoices referenced in the error message belong to different fiscal years. For example, if one invoice is from fiscal year 2022 and another is from fiscal year 2023, the system will not allow the payment to be processed.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the Funds Management module that restrict payments across different fiscal years.
  Data Entry Errors: Invoices may have been incorrectly entered with the wrong fiscal year.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Invoice Fiscal Years: Review the fiscal years of the invoices involved in the