Reporting Periods (tfgld0105m100)

Use this session to maintain the reporting periods that apply during the allocation of amounts in a particular year.

You can use reporting periods only if you select the Reporting Periods check box in the Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000) session.

Field Information

Period Type

The purpose of the periods.

Year

The fiscal year for which you want to maintain the periods.

End Date/Last Period

The last date of the last period of the specified Year.

Number of Periods

The number of periods in the specified Year.

Period

You can enter the periods within the selected year. No more periods can be defined than the Number of Reporting Periods specified in the Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000) session.

Note: Periods must be defined in a sequence: you cannot miss out a period.
Description

The description of the period.

Example

Period Type Period Description
Reporting 1 Reporting period 1
  10 Reporting period 10, etc.
Start Date

The start date is the first date of the period.

The start date of a period must fall after the start date of the previous period. For period 1, the start date must be after the end date of the previous year.

Correction Period

If this check box is selected, you can use this period for corrections without interfering with the usual periodic transactions.

For example, you can use the correction period for provisions to be made at the end of a year.

Period Status

Indicates the overall status of the period.

Allowed values

Open

Indicates that one or more modules status is 'Open'.

Closed

Indicates that one or more modules status is 'Closed' and no module status is 'Open'.

Finally Closed

Indicates that all the modules status is 'Finally Closed'.