Different settings for alternative posting date or periods

What causes this issue?

When the totals record from Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable is
transferred to the general ledger, the system groups the totals record
according to the following criteria.
Company code
Posting date
Document date
Currency
Document type for transfer to general ledger
Desired special period
Ledger group
The system determines for each group whether the posting period for the
posting date is still open or whether an alternative posting date is to
be used or posted in a special period.
The transfer of the totals record to the general ledger can be carried
out, if one of the following combinations occur:
The period for the posting date is still open for all totals records of
the group.
The period for the posting date is closed for all totals records and
either the same special period is open or an alternative posting date
has been entered.
The period for the posting date is open for part of the totals records
of the group. The system can determine a unique special period that is
open for the remainder of the group. In this case, all totals records
for the group with this special period are transferred.
The period for the posting date is open for part of the totals records
of the group. The period is closed for the remainder of the group but an
alternative posting date has been entered. In this case, all totals
records of the group with this alternative posting date are transferred.
When the reconciliation key &V1& has been transferred, several different
settings in view of the periods opened, the special periods used or the
alternative posting date have been defined for the posting date &V2&,
the document date &V3&, the currency &V4& and additional grouping
characteristics.
This situation can occur if the period is still open for part of the G/L
Accounts while the period has already been closed for other G/L
Accounts. When posting is carried out in the last period of a fiscal
year, one or several special periods are however open and an alternative
posting date is also still defined for part of the totals record because
the special periods are already closed.

System Response

The transfer of the totals record from Contract Accounts Receivable and
Payable to the General Ledger was not executed.
It is not possible to transfer part of the group of totals records with
the original posting date, another part with differing special periods
or an additional part with alternative posting dates because the
individual FI documents otherwise show a balance of zero.

How to fix this error?

IF &[SWITCH]FICAC_CLOUD& = 'X'.
Check the settings for posting periods and special periods.
ELSE.
Check the settings of the posting period in transaction <DS:TRAN.OB52>
OB52</> (see SAP menu Financial Accounting: <LS>General Ledger ->
Environment -> Current Settings</>) or the alternative posting date in
transaction <DS:TRAN.FPG0>FPG0</> (see SAP menu Contract Accounts
Receivable and Payable: <LS>Settings -> Current Settings</>).
Also check the following specifications for different special periods
for the general ledger transfer for as long as you are working with the
desired special periods, (see SAP menu Contract Accounts Receivable and
Payable: <LS>Settings -> Current Settings -> Special Periods</>):
Define a new determination for each company code (transaction
<DS:TRAN.FPG0SP2>FPG0SP2</>)
Define different special period for transfer (transaction
<DS:TRAN.FPG0SP3>FPG0SP3</>)
Open or close the posting period entirely where possible for all account
or account types ?V?, ?+? and ?S? so that either a unique special period
or the alternative posting date entered can be determined in transaction
<DS:TRAN.FPG0>FPG0</> for a group of totals records.
If the settings of the posting periods or the different special periods
for the general ledger transfer are intended as such or are not
changeable due to other postings still in the period, you can deactivate
this message in Customizing (<LS>change message control</>)
INCLUDE FICA_NA_CUST_2 OBJECT DOCU ID TX
Then create an entry for application area >U and for message 258, and
assign message SPACE (message not sent).
If you have deactivated a message, either the greatest special period
determined or the alternative posting date is used for the group of
totals record affected, if an alternative posting date was determined
for one of the totals records. The alternative posting date takes
precedence over the special periods.
ENDIF.

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.

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