How To Fix FSBP524 - Overlapping validity periods for address type &1: Valid-to: &2

FSBP524 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FSBP -

• Message number: 524

• Message text: Overlapping validity periods for address type &1: Valid-to: &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FSBP524 - Overlapping validity periods for address type &1: Valid-to: &2 ?

  The SAP error message FSBP524 indicates that there are overlapping validity periods for an address type in the system. This typically occurs when you are trying to create or update an address record in the SAP system, and the validity periods of the address entries conflict with each other.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  You attempt to enter a new address or modify an existing address, and the validity period (from and to dates) of the new or modified address overlaps with an existing address record of the same type.
  For example, if you have an address with a validity period from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, and you try to create another address for the same address type with a validity period from June 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023, the system will throw this error because the two periods overlap.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
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