How To Fix WXP542 - Different fiscal year variants for database table &1

WXP542 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WXP - Retail Planning

• Message number: 542

• Message text: Different fiscal year variants for database table &1

What causes this issue?

You are using database table &V1& in numerous planning steps in your
planning scenario. Different fiscal year variants are, however, used in
planning steps &V2& and &V3&.
This should be avoided to ensure data consistency, regardless of the
periodicity (for example, month, posting period) that you use.

How to fix this error?

Choose the same fiscal year variant for the defined storage periodicity
for all planning steps in which table &V1& is used.

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 WXP542 - Different fiscal year variants for database table &1 ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WXP542 - Different fiscal year variants for database table &1
  
  
  Cause:
  This warning message occurs when the system detects that the fiscal year variant assigned to a company code or controlling area does not match the fiscal year variant expected or stored in a particular database table (indicated by &1). Essentially, the fiscal year variant used in the customizing or master data is inconsistent with the fiscal year variant stored in the database table for the relevant object.
  This situation often arises in scenarios such as:
  
  When data from different company codes or controlling areas with different fiscal year variants are being processed or compared.
  When customizing changes have been made to fiscal year variants but the database tables still contain old or inconsistent fiscal year variant data.
  During data migration or system copy where fiscal year variants were not harmonized.
  When controlling objects (like cost centers, internal orders) are assigned fiscal year variants different