How To Fix WXP041 - Maintain a fiscal year variant for calendar weeks

WXP041 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 041

• Message text: Maintain a fiscal year variant for calendar weeks

What causes this issue?

You want to execute manual planning for a planning step in which 'week'
has been defined as the storage periodicity.
However, there is no suitable fiscal year variant for this storage
periodicity.
A storage periodicity is required in planning for the following:
Breaking down formulas with period fields with column definitions that
are applicable for all fiscal years in a planning layout
Applying distribution keys to column definitions that apply to all
fiscal years
Determining the first day in a period for currency conversion

System Response

You cannot enter manual planning for storage periodicity 'week'.

How to fix this error?

Maintain a suitable fiscal year variant or change the storage
periodicity for the relevant planning step in
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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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WXP041 - Maintain a fiscal year variant for calendar weeks ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WXP041 - Maintain a fiscal year variant for calendar weeks
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message appears when you are working with calendar weeks in SAP (for example, in time management or payroll) and the system requires a fiscal year variant to be assigned or maintained for the calendar weeks. The fiscal year variant defines how the fiscal year is structured (number of periods, start and end dates, etc.) and is necessary for correct processing of calendar weeks.
  In particular, if you are using calendar weeks in your configuration or master data (e.g., in personnel time management, payroll, or financial postings), the system needs to know the fiscal year variant to correctly interpret and process the calendar weeks.
  
  When does it occur?
  
  When you try to process or maintain calendar weeks without having a fiscal year variant assigned.
  When the fiscal year variant is missing or not maintained in the system for the relevant calendar weeks.
  During