How To Fix GJ031 - Fiscal Year Variant for Company & Must Use Calendar Year.

GJ031 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GJ - Joint Venture Accounting

• Message number: 031

• Message text: Fiscal Year Variant for Company & Must Use Calendar Year.

What causes this issue?

For a billing frequency other than monthly, the fiscal year variant of
the company code must determine periods like the calendar year.

System Response

The current entry is not permitted.

How to fix this error?

Choose another billing frequency, choose another fiscal year variant
company to use the calendar periods.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GJ031 - Details

• The SAP error message GJ031 indicates that there is a mismatch between the fiscal year variant assigned to a company code and the expected calendar year. This typically occurs when the system is configured to use a fiscal year variant that does not align with the calendar year, which is often required for certain types of reporting or compliance.
  
  Cause:
  
  Fiscal Year Variant Configuration: The company code is assigned a fiscal year variant that does not match the calendar year (e.g., a non-calendar fiscal year variant).
  Transaction Context: The transaction being executed requires the use of a calendar year, but the company code is set up with a different fiscal year variant.
  Master Data Settings: The master data for the company code may not be correctly configured to reflect the desired fiscal year variant.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variant:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB29 to check the fiscal year variant assigned to the company code.
  Ensure that