How To Fix KT297 - Differing fiscal year variants: & - &

KT297 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KT - RK Message Table Maintenance

• Message number: 297

• Message text: Differing fiscal year variants: & - &

What causes this issue?

Fiscal year variant &V1&, controlling area &V3&, does not agree with
fiscal year variant &V2&, company code &V4&.

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?

Ensure that the fiscal year variants of the controlling area and the
assigned company codes agree. If necessary, maintain the fiscal year
variants.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

KT297 - Details

• The SAP error message KT297 indicates that there is a mismatch in the fiscal year variants between two different entities or components in the system. This typically occurs when you are trying to perform a transaction that involves multiple company codes or controlling areas that have different fiscal year settings.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  You are attempting to post a transaction that involves multiple company codes or controlling areas that have different fiscal year variants.
  The fiscal year variant defines how the fiscal year is structured (e.g., number of periods, special periods, etc.), and if these do not match, SAP will not allow the transaction to proceed.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the KT297 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Fiscal Year Variants:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB29 to view the fiscal year variants assigned to your company codes or controlling areas.
  Ensure that the fiscal year variants for the entities involved in the transaction are the