How To Fix FI562 - Enter a fiscal year for the totals and balances

FI562 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FI - TR-FM Funds Management

• Message number: 562

• Message text: Enter a fiscal year for the totals and balances

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FI562 - Details

• The SAP error message FI562 ("Enter a fiscal year for the totals and balances") typically occurs in the context of financial reporting or when trying to access financial data in SAP. This error indicates that the system requires a fiscal year to be specified in order to retrieve or process totals and balances.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Fiscal Year: The most common cause of this error is that the user has not specified a fiscal year in the transaction or report they are trying to execute.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be issues with the configuration of the fiscal year variant in the system.
  Data Entry Error: The user may have inadvertently skipped the fiscal year field or entered an invalid fiscal year.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Specify a Fiscal Year: When prompted by the error message, ensure that you enter a valid fiscal year in the appropriate field. This is usually done in the selection screen of the report or transaction.
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