SAP Message 60701 - Name of settlement period '&' is same as for settlement variants

Diagnosis
You have entered two settlement variants and more than one of thesettlement periods in these variants have an identical name in samesettlement year

System Response
The system does not accept the assignment of the new settlementvariant.

Procedure
Make sure that none of the settlement periods in this settlementvariant have the same name when you assign several settlement variantsfor the same settlement year.
This problem normally only occurs in shortened year-dependentsettlement variants.
Select

  • another settlement variant and / or

  • contact your system administrator to have this corrected in
  • Customizing.

    Procedure for the system administrator
    Check and correct the settings for the settlement variants inCustomizing as required.