How To Fix GZ475 - Company & without year of first consolidation

GZ475 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GZ - Message class for FI-LC

• Message number: 475

• Message text: Company & without year of first consolidation

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GZ475 - Details

• The SAP error message GZ475 typically indicates an issue related to the consolidation process in SAP, specifically when dealing with company codes that do not have a year of first consolidation defined. This can occur in the context of financial consolidation within SAP's Financial Consolidation module or SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A company code is being processed for consolidation, but the system does not have a defined year of first consolidation for that company.
  The consolidation settings for the company code are incomplete or not properly configured.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the GZ475 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Company Code Settings:
  
  Go to the transaction code OBY6 (or the relevant configuration path) to check the settings for the company code in question.
  Ensure that the year of first consolidation is defined for the company code.
  
  
  
  Define Year of First Consolidation:
  
  If the year of first consolidation is not set, you will need