How To Fix FI277 - Different settings for fiscal year change in FM areas &1 and &2

FI277 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 277

• Message text: Different settings for fiscal year change in FM areas &1 and &2

What causes this issue?

It is not possible to carry out a payment conversion as you have
deactivated the fiscal year change check for one of the FM areas (&V1&
or &V2&), but not for the other. These settings must match for cross-FM
postings.

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?

Adjust the settings for the two FM areas in Customizing for
<ZK><ZH>Funds Management Government</></>.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FI277 - Details

• The SAP error message FI277 indicates that there are different settings for the fiscal year change in two different Funds Management (FM) areas. This typically occurs when you are trying to execute a fiscal year change process, and the system detects inconsistencies between the configurations of the FM areas involved.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises due to the following reasons:
  
  Inconsistent Fiscal Year Settings: The fiscal year variant or the fiscal year change settings for the two FM areas are not aligned. This can happen if one FM area is set up with a different fiscal year variant or if the fiscal year change has been executed differently in each area.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be discrepancies in the configuration settings for the FM areas in the SAP system, such as different periods being defined for the fiscal year change.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FI277 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the configuration settings for