How To Fix FR209 - Company codes have different fiscal year variants

FR209 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FR - Messages for FI Reporting

• Message number: 209

• Message text: Company codes have different fiscal year variants

What causes this issue?

You selected company codes which have different fiscal year variants.
The key date for consideration of open items as well as the original
and end date for the limitation of documents to be edited were
determined by the posting date from fiscal year variant and posting
period. This data is no longer distinct for different fiscal year
variants.

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?

In every program run, only select company codes which have the
identical fiscal year variant.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FR209 - Details

• The SAP error message FR209 indicates that there is a mismatch in the fiscal year variants between different company codes involved in a transaction. This typically occurs when you are trying to perform a cross-company code transaction, such as a financial posting or intercompany transaction, and the company codes involved have different fiscal year settings.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Fiscal Year Variants: Each company code in SAP can have its own fiscal year variant, which defines the start and end of the fiscal year, as well as the number of posting periods. If two company codes have different fiscal year variants, SAP will not allow transactions that involve both company codes.
  
  Configuration Issues: The fiscal year variants may not have been set up correctly in the system, or there may be inconsistencies in the configuration.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB29 to view the fiscal year variants assigned to each company code.
  Ensure that