How To Fix GRANTMGMT220 - Special period &1 is not defined for fiscal year variant &2

GRANTMGMT220 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GRANTMGMT - Grants Management Message Class

• Message number: 220

• Message text: Special period &1 is not defined for fiscal year variant &2

What causes this issue?

You are using special periods in Grantee Management. For more
information, see Customizing activity
<DS:SIMG.GM_SPECIALPERIODS>Use Special Periods</>.
Special period &V1& is not valid for the fiscal year variant &V2&, which
corresponds to the fiscal year variant of grant &V4& and differs from
fiscal year variant &V3& of the company code. Therefore, special period
&V1& cannot be used for posting in Grantee Management.

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?

Do one of the following:
Choose a special period that is defined for fiscal year variant &V2&.
Do not use special periods in Grantee Management.
Grantee Management ledger 90 will be updated with a normal period, which
is not the period in the financial document.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GRANTMGMT220 - Details

• The SAP error message GRANTMGMT220 indicates that a special period is not defined for a specific fiscal year variant. This error typically arises in the context of grant management or financial accounting when trying to post transactions or perform activities that require special periods.
  
  Cause:
  
  Undefined Special Period: The special period you are trying to access is not defined in the fiscal year variant configuration.
  Incorrect Fiscal Year Variant: The fiscal year variant assigned to the company code or the specific transaction may not have the required special periods set up.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a misconfiguration in the financial settings related to fiscal year variants and special periods.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Special Period Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code OB29 (or navigate through the menu: SPRO > Financial Accounting > Financial Accounting Global Settings > Fiscal Year > Define Fiscal Year Variants).
  Select the fiscal year variant &2 mentioned in