Automation setting of posting periods

Hi,
Every month we do update posting period table (OB52) manually. We closed the previous month and open the next month (current months+next month). Can we automate this process, that we no need to carry out this process manually.
Thanks

You should be able to automate this process by scheduling a batch job to run on the last day of every month.

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Fiscal Year field when Setting up posting period

Hi,
Our client has financial year from 1st July - 30 June. How we normally do is:
for 1/7/2007 - 30/6/2008, Fiscal Year field = 2008 and 1/7/2008 - 30/6/2009, Fiscal Year field = 2009. etc etc.
However, what I notice is:
When creating new period, eg: for 1/7/2008 - 30/6/2009, SAP will default the Fiscal Year = 2008. So, it really requires our client to be very careful and overwrites the default.
My question is:
(a) Does the field 'Fiscal Year' play any signigicant role in SAP?
(b) What is your normal approach about filling in this 'Fiscal Year' field?
(c) We also notice that when we put in 2008 as the Fiscal Year, when writing report using XL Reporter, we can never reply on the Period code. We need to refer to the Period name instead. It is rather confusing for some of our client.
Any thoughts appreciated.

Hi
I'm not sure what impact that it has but I usually change it to be 2008 (Jul 07 to Jun 08) etc.. as this make more sense to our clients.
Also, I change the period names to be more logical as well, like July 2007 rather than 2007/08-1. This means that on reports (like XLReporter) it makes more sense to the non-financial people receiving the reports.
Regards
Jenny

Posting period set

on development client thr is a error of posting period.
i set all as well as production server in t.code s_alr_87003642...
bt still i m getting msg...posting period not open for 2009....
is any oher transaction for set the posting period?
thanks
Rekha

Hi,
Let me know the transaction which u r doing in CO, FI, MM... and which period...
If u r sure of all PERIODS open for FI and CO then it may be due to Material Period using MMPV..
Regards
Sudhakar Reddy

Posting periods and account segmentation

the company has several suboffice/division, but they want all under one company in B1. also they receive some of they invoices 2 months lates. Data migration will go back 2 years. So what is best way to set up posting period and account segmentation.

Hello,
Take a look at this thread and copied to your notepad :
Division in SAP Business One
about how to create suboffice/division.
The posting period can be created go back more than 1 years from now as long when performing data migration, do not forget to set the current period that match with your data dates. The invoices and other opening balances can be migrated using DTW templates.
So, I suggest you could create posting period more than 2 years ago in the last time and create 2 segmented accounts consists of sub office and division beside natural account. E.g. :
12111-01-02 : 12111 is natural account, 01 is suboffice code and 02 is division.
Rgds,

How to set up open&close posting period to process year-end at April

Hi FICO GURUs,
I m a new student in FICO, here i have a question as following, ask for help,
For the open period. If we need to clearing till April, how do we do for that? How to set up in open and close posting period?
Any responses will be awarded.
Thanks a lot!
Samson

In OB52 you need to manage open periods related to FI. Any periods which are not managed here implies those periods are closed
Ex: From Period Year To Period Year
04 2008 04 20008
This means 4th Period of 2008 is open and all other periods are closed.
Also you can open and close period seperately for General Ledger and Subledgers
Types A,D,K,M are subledgers and S type is for ledger.
There will be seperate open and close periods for FI,MM and CO modules
FI- OB52
CO-OKP1
MM- MMPV
Assign Points if useful
Regards
Raghu Ram

Automation of posting periods

Hi Experts,
I want to automatise posting period closing it manually every month. so please tell me what are those configuration i want to make it to be getting done. If i want to schedule this job every montn on the last day please let me how to proceed.

I would have to disagree with you here.
The user here has asked to automate the opening of the new periods. This can and should be achieved via an automated routine.
The closure of the previoud period could be automated as well, however "S" may require users to close this as and when required.

Restrict posting period only a limited set of users using Auth Group

Hi all,
Can someone help me in restricting posting period to only a limited number of users?
Currently OB52 settings look like below:
From Per.1 Year To Period From per.2 Year To Period
7 2009 8 8 2008 8
My requirement is:
I want to only few users to post in the 7th period and all others to post in the 8th period.
I know this can be done via authorization group: Can someone please help me with the steps invloved in solving the same?
Thanks in advance
Sidharth
Basis Administration

Hi Alex,
Thanks for your response!
I have added F_BKPF_BUP object manually in the test role and assigned 0002 auth group in it.
I have created auth group 0002 and assigned table T001B in SE54.
Auth group 0002 is then assigned in the OB52 at the last column. This should restrict the posting for period 1 which i need to restrict for some users.
Now as per the logic, if we dont assign any auth group, users should not be able to post for that period. But in my case user is able to post successfully via F-02.
Please help me as we need to implement this before month end.
Many thanks for your valuable help!
Thanks
Sidharth

Open and close posting periods on test system

Hello together,
to open and close posting periods is only allowed on the develepment und the production client, but not on the test client.
It is an customizing object, but the flag "current settings" is set, so you also can change the settings on the production system.
In the test system, it only can be changed by opening the system for customizing using SCC4 und change to "Changes without automatic recording".
Is there a way to allow open and close posting periods on the test system without opening the client for customizing?
Regards,
Michael

Hi Michael,
Please, refer to the note 356483. Proceed as following:
Call transaction SE54
Enter the Customizing object (view or table)
Select "Generated objects"
Choose "Create/change"
Select "no, or user, recording routine" in the bottom part of the screen
Save the change
The view in your case is V_T001B.
Regards,
Eli

Mid quarter depreciation without setting the mid period

Hello All,
Thank you for taking time to read my question.
When AA went live, half monthly data for the company code was not maintained (while it should have been maintained 15 as the mid period). Since the half period is not configured, I am not able to set the mid month setting in OAVH. Now the taxes are calculated with an additional 15 days when specifying mid quarter when using period method control 005. The company code went live last year October and SAP will not allow updating the mid period from blank to 15.
Have anyone dealt with such a situation? I planned on defining a new period control key and assign it to a custom period method control. But still not able to get the depreciation value correct to the mid quarter.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
AM

What do you mean without mid period setting? Is this OAVH? Anyway, you can try this.
Use of Half Months in the Company Code
In this step, you determine the company codes in which you want to use half periods. In this way, you can calculate depreciation in these company codes on the basis of half months or half periods. Using this method, you can work with 24 periods in Asset Accounting, although the fiscal year version in Financial Accounting has only 12 normal periods (without using a different fiscal year version for Asset Accounting).
You should be aware, however, that the specifications for periods in the transactions in Asset Accounting (such as, useful life) have to be based on whole periods (12).
Example
Half periods are, for example, necessary to represent the "mid quarter/month rule". This is a version widely used in the U.S.A. With this rule, it is important for the determination of depreciation whether an acquisition takes place in the first or the second half of a period.
Caution
When you specify the use of half periods in the definition of an asset company code, half periods are automatically specified in all other company codes that use this fiscal year version.
You cannot use half periods with non-calendar fiscal months.
You cannot take back the use of half periods once the specification has been made. It is noted internally by the system in the asset master records.
Requirements
The number of the posting periods in the fiscal year version used must correspond to the number of calendar months (12).
Activities
1. Specify the use of half periods by entering the date (for example, the 15th) for the middle of the period for the company codes.
2. If you have defined period controls yourself
(see Period Control),
you must provide for the use of half periods in their assignment rules. For monthly and quarterly periods, corresponding period controls have already been created as standard in the system.
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Jhero

How to open and close posting period for both material , n invoicing

HI
how to open and close posting period for both material , n invoicing , AM NEW TO SD , SO ALL DOUBTS I DO POST IN HERE PLEASE DONT MIND

Hi Sunaina
Period Open T.code: MMP1
Period Close T-Code: MMPV
Automate the opening of MM periods
How can you automate the monthly opening of MM periods (transaction MMPV - program RMMMPERI) with
SM36?
RMMMPERI accepts a period/year or a date.
If you enter a date the period is derived by it.
1. create a variant and check the attribute 'selection variable' for the parameter date. Then click the button 'Selection variables' and set the current date. Every time this variant is used the parameter DATE is filled with the current date.
2. create a job for RMMMPERI with the variant created in the preceding step. Set it as periodic.
If you're not using a fiscal year variant simply schedule it as monthly (to be executed the first day of the month).
If you are using a fiscal year variant you'd have to define a calendar with only the first day of each period defined as working
day and use it in the periodicity restrictions.
Another possibility:
Write a very simple ABAP which run daily to check if the period has changed and submit RMMMPERI.
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Restrict the posting period opening and closing for some users

Dear SAP gurus,
I want to restrict some users to open the posting period and for some users close posting periods. I knew that these can be done through authorization group. Pls explain how to create authorization groups and how to use those? Anybody can help me out?
Regards,
Venkata Reddy

Dear Venkatareddy,
There are two sets of period in OB52. The first set of "From" and "To" is for the authorised group and second set is for the non authorised group. In the "Authorisation Group" (last column) give some 4 charecters name. Say "FICO".
Now ask the basis to attach the object "FICO" for the users who are authorised say user1, user 2 and user3.
Now in the first set of period you can maintain say 1 2008 to 16 2008 and in the second set 1 2008 to 1 2008.
So except user1,2 and 3, all the others can post only in 1 2008. Whereas users 1,2 and3 can post in all the periods of 2008.
Assign points if useful
regards
Venkatesh

Posting period 005 2020 is not open when perfomr /dbm/cashdesk cancellation

Hi Expert,
Currently our SAP DBM on patch7 & SP04 (latest), now i would like to cancel cash document in /dbm/cashdesk and system come out with error as below:
Posting period 005 2020 is not open
Message no. F5201
Diagnosis
Period 005 of fiscal year 2020 is not open for posting for the variant of posting period 5000.
System Response
Processing cannot be continued.
Procedure
The error can have several causes. In order to eliminate the error, proceed as follows:
1. Check whether the posting date was entered correctly. The system determines the posting period by means of the date.
2. Check whether the required posting period is open for posting for the variant of posting period 5000 and account type +. Make sure that the period is open for posting.
To do this, specify a period interval in which the required period for the variant of posting period 5000 and account type + is contained.
You make these settings in Customizing of Financial Accounting (New) under Financial Accounting Global Settings (New) -> Ledgers -> Fiscal Year and Posting Periods - > Posting Periods -> Open and Close Posting Periods.
I able to post cashdesk document in customer incoming payment tab and i cannot cancel due to posting period 05 & year 2020 not open.
Currently we are in 05 2011 not 2020, is any expert can advice where to set cashdesk fiscal year configure?
I need to open FI period until 05 2020, then my cash document cancellation is successful.
Thanks
regards,
ng chong chuan

Hi,
First check the Current period in OMSY trx...for your Comp code..
Then go to MMPV and enter Comp code, Period & Year
and execute...
Ex: if the current period in OMSY for your Comp code is 01,2008
then you need to enter period 02, 2008 in MMPV trx...
so, that period 01 will be closed & Period 02 will be opened automatically...
You need to close periods one by one like this..
until the period you want use...
Remember you can not Roll back the closed period
Be careful in closing the MM period in PRD client.
Thx
Raju

Allowed posting periods: 06 2010 / 05 2010 / 12 2009 (Message no. M8022)

Dear Experts,
I took a old shipment & do a new shipment cost but when I went to go for MIRO posting below error message showing. Fyki, every month we run S_ALR_87003642, MMPV & MMRV properly then why below message showing prior MIRO posting. Is there anything else what we are missing? or How can I resolve this issue?
"QUOTE
Allowed posting periods: 06 2010 / 05 2010 / 12 2009
Message no. M8022
Diagnosis
The posting date is not within one of the allowed posting periods.
This can be due to one of two reasons:
The correct current period has not been set in the system.
For the system, the first of the specified periods is the current period. At the beginning of a new period, your system administrator must change the current period in the material master record using the function "Close period". This has not yet been done.
You have entered the wrong date in the field "Posting date".
Procedure
Check the posting date and correct it if necessary. If your entry is correct, inform your system administrator that the "period closing" procedure has not yet been implemented.
UNQUOTE"
Thanks in advance for your valuable comments.
Best Regards.
Ripon K Paul

Hello ,
MIRO doc can be posted on a particular posting date if:
1. MM Period is open for the posting date .
2.FI period is open for the posting date .
No matter what date the preceding documents had been created on ( PO /MIGO/ML81N ) the posting date in MIRO doc shud fall withing the open MM & FI periods.
check the Fiscal year variant in OBY6 trxn, Basing on that the MM periods will be maintained in OBYC trxn..
the below are some of the Fiscal year periods normally we use
K4--- Is for Calender year( Jan to Dec), that means jan is 01, & Feb 02 etc..
V3--- Is April to march, that means Peroid 01 should be April & 02 is May etc..
V9----Is Oct.- Sept., here period 01 should be Oct & Period 02 should be Nov etc...
Regards
JOse

Posting date and posting periods

HI Experts,
I am practicing IDES for SD. While using T VL02N for post good Issue I got this error:
<b>Posting only possible in periods 2006/12 and 2006/11 in company code 1000
Message no. M7053
Diagnosis
The posting date entered is not within one of the permitted posting periods (current period/previous period).
This can be due to one of two reasons:
The correct current period has not been set in the system.
For the system, the first of the entered periods is the current period. At the beginning of a new period, your systems administrator must change the current period in the material master record, using the function "Shift periods". This has not yet been done.
You have entered a wrong date in the field "Posting date".
Procedure
Check the posting date and correct it if necessary. If your input is correct, inform your systems administrator that the "period shifting" (period-end closing) process has not yet been completed. Copied from M8022</b>
I don;t think there is problem with my posting date. Can someone guide me on how solving this
Thanks
Yael

Go to OMSY and check the periods are current peiods or not to ur comp code?
If it is not the current period.
close the posting period by going to MMPV.
let us say comp code EG, YEAR-2006 PE-6
so you have to close the posting periods for all months till this month.
from comp code-EG
To comp code- EG
period-7
fiscal year-2006
repeat the same but with period-8(month) 9,10,11,12,
and do the same for 2007 too till you get the current month in OMSY T-Code.
you need to do close the period end of every month.
thank you
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Open and Closing of Posting Periods in FI

Is it possible to open/close periods in FI per account? I'm using SAP ECC 6.0
Moderator: Please, avoid asking basic questions

Hi,
Yes, you can use authorization group: "A posting period can be made available to only a limited set of users using the authorization group"
You assign the authorization group in GL master.
Assign authorization object F_BKPF_BUP to user ids.
Open / close FI periods with AuGr in t-code: S_ALR_87003642
You can refer the help from S_ALR_87003642
Regards,

Automation setting of posting periods

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