How To Fix GK845 - Item & requires the assignment of year/period of acquisition

GK845 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GK - Messages for SAP Consolidation

• Message number: 845

• Message text: Item & requires the assignment of year/period of acquisition

What causes this issue?

The <GL:financial_statement_item>FS item</> which you want to post to
requires the assignment of a year or period of acquisition.

System Response

Error message

How to fix this error?

Enter a year or period of acquisition as a subassignment.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GK845 - Details

• The SAP error message GK845, which states "Item & requires the assignment of year/period of acquisition," typically occurs in the context of asset accounting. This error indicates that a specific asset item does not have the necessary information regarding the year and period of acquisition assigned to it. This information is crucial for the proper accounting and reporting of fixed assets.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Acquisition Data: The asset item in question does not have the year and period of acquisition specified in its master data.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be issues with the configuration settings in the asset accounting module that prevent the assignment of acquisition periods.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system, it’s possible that the acquisition year/period data was not transferred correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Asset Master Data:
  
  Go to the asset master record (transaction code AS02).
  Verify that the acquisition year and period are correctly filled in the relevant fields.
  If they are missing,