SAP Message AO161 - The old approval year &1 is after the new approval year &2

Diagnosis
You want to copy the assignment of variants from approval year &V1& toapproval year &V2&. The new approval year &V2&, however, is before theold approval year &V1&.

System Response
The system carries out this function.

Procedure
Check your entry, since it is normally not useful to make futureplanning in a past year.