How To Fix FI271 - Document &1, &2, &3 in wrong fiscal year (current: &4)

FI271 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 271

• Message text: Document &1, &2, &3 in wrong fiscal year (current: &4)

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FI271 - Details

• The SAP error message FI271 indicates that a document is being processed in a fiscal year that does not match the current fiscal year defined in the system. This error typically occurs during financial transactions such as posting invoices, payments, or adjustments.
  
  Cause:
  The error message FI271 is triggered when:
  
  You are trying to post a document (e.g., an invoice or a journal entry) that belongs to a fiscal year that is different from the current fiscal year set in the system.
  The document you are trying to process has a posting date that falls into a fiscal year that is closed or not open for posting.
  The fiscal year variant settings in the configuration may not allow postings to certain periods.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FI271 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Posting Date: Verify the posting date of the document you are trying to process. Ensure that it falls within the open periods