How To Fix KS289 - Ledger & is not compatible across the selected company codes

KS289 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KS - RK-S Master Data Maintenance

• Message number: 289

• Message text: Ledger & is not compatible across the selected company codes

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KS289 - Ledger & is not compatible across the selected company codes ?

  The SAP error message KS289 indicates that there is an incompatibility issue with the ledger configuration across the selected company codes. This typically occurs when you are trying to perform a transaction or reporting that involves multiple company codes, but the ledgers assigned to those company codes do not match or are not compatible.
  
  Cause:
  
  Different Ledger Assignments: The company codes involved may have different ledgers assigned to them. For example, one company code may be using a specific ledger while another company code is using a different one.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be discrepancies in the configuration settings for the ledgers in the Financial Accounting (FI) module.
  Missing Ledger: One or more of the company codes may not have the required ledger configured.
  Different Fiscal Year Variants: The fiscal year variants for the company codes may not align, leading to incompatibility in ledger usage.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Ledger Assignments:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB22 (or SPRO ->