Fiscal Year variant change from Oct-Sep to Jan-Dec

[Former Member]

We are currently on a project where we have changed the fiscal year variant from Oct-Sep to Jan-Dec.  Using a shortened variant.

The system let us change the variant for FI Company Code and CO Controlling Area.  But when we changed the variant for the FM Area, we are getting FI 674 (Fiscal year variant in FM area & must not be changed).

I need to know which step do I have to follow in FM when the fiscal year variant have been changed in FI.

We have contemplated OSS Note "672255 Shortened fiscal year / changing fiscal periods", but there is a mention to Note 719597 but we think it only applies to TR-CB and not to PSM-FM.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Adriana.

[sjajodia · Accepted solution]

Hi Adriana,

Have you tried deactivating the company code in the FM Area in

Actual and Commitment Update/Integration> Activate/Deactivate Funds Management?

You can reactivate the company code after the change.

Thanks

Shyam

[Former Member]

Hello Shyamal,

I already tried deactivating the company code in FM Area.

This is what I did:

Deactivated Actual and Commitment Update/Integration> Activate/Deactivate Funds Management

Deactivated Availability Control

Deactivated Global Funds Management Functions (PSM-FM)

The only thing I wasn't able to do was decouple the FM Area from the Company Code.

With this done, I couldn't change the fiscal year variant in the FM Area.

Thanks,

Adriana.

[sjajodia]

Hi Adriana,

If you have transaction or master data in FM you have to delete it. Do you have data in FM?

Thanks

Shyam

[chofiana]

Hi Adriana,

Please read following thread:

It is not possible to change fiscal year variant if actual values exists.

SAP do not recommend to change a Fiscal Year Variant that

has already been assigned to a company code and has already

some postings. This may create database inconsistencies.

Some of the involved issues are:

- FM actuals and commitments may need to be reconstructed

if their period- (or even fiscal year-) assignments is change

- FM actuals/commitments can not be reconstructed if fiscal

year change activities have already been performed

(commitment carry forward, FMJ1, FMJ2).

The change of fiscal year variant has several implications

and should be analyzed very carefully

Please check note below for more information:

Note 672255 Shortened fiscal year / changing fiscal periods

Best regards,

Sofía.

[Former Member]

Hello Sofia,

We have analysed the implications and run test in the rest of the SAP modules, the only one we are having issues so far is FM.

This is a business requirement of our client.

Thanks,

Adriana.