Diagnosis
You have assigned new consolidation units to a consolidation group. Sofar, the dates of first consolidation and divestiture accounting havenot been set for these consolidation units.

System Response
The system will use the following default values:

• First consolidation: the current year and period (contained in the
global parameters)

• Divestiture accounting: infinite (year 9999 and period 012)

Procedure
Make sure you explicitly save the Customizing settings to allow forpermanent recognition of the default values by the application (forexample, consolidation of investments). If necessary, you can change thevalues in the settings of the consolidation group.