How To Fix LAW_MESSAGES031 - Country surcharges must be the same in all systems

LAW_MESSAGES031 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: LAW_MESSAGES - License Administration Workbench

• Message number: 031

• Message text: Country surcharges must be the same in all systems

What causes this issue?

In the License Administration Workbench, the country surcharges should
be the same for each user in the systems, since otherwise it is not
possible to perform automatic consolidation.

System Response

If this is not the case, the user is displayed in the consolidation list
as inconsistent.

How to fix this error?

If necessary, check the user classifications with regard to country
surcharges. If there are different country surcharges, the consolidation
does not terminate, but you need to interpret the measurement results
afterwards.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

LAW_MESSAGES031 - Details

• The SAP error message LAW_MESSAGES031, which states "Country surcharges must be the same in all systems," typically occurs in the context of SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) or during system landscape configuration. This error indicates that there is a discrepancy in the configuration of country surcharges across different systems in your landscape.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by inconsistencies in the configuration of country surcharges between different SAP systems (e.g., development, quality assurance, and production). Each system may have different surcharge rates or configurations for specific countries, which leads to this error when trying to synchronize or manage the landscape.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the country surcharge configurations are consistent across all relevant systems. Here are the steps you can take:
  
  
  Identify the Systems: Determine which systems are involved in the error. This could include development, testing, and production systems.
  
  
  Check Configuration: 
  
  Go to the configuration settings for country surcharges in