Fiscal calendars in time series

we are using fiscal year variant for calendars where year start with November 25 and ends with November 24th with 12 periods.
Trouble is now we are having time bucket profiles where period considered for Fall and Spring seasons.
Spring Season YS (8/4 Months 2 Seas. FY Variant)Calendar month Period is November – June (Actual season starts from December to May)
For spring season the values are correct.
For Fall season Calendar month Period is April end day/May – December (Actual season starts from June to November)
I am getting correct value for 4 months end period: where April ends that is the 1st period.
2nd Period from May to December complete and also they are adding previous year January in 2nd period.
However December comes into next fiscal year.
For 2017 assumption is 1ST period is up to April 30th and second period is from May 1st to December 31st.
Mon
Date
Period
Year Shift
4
30
1
0
5
1
2
0
12
31
2
1+
Please suggest me the correct period definition for Fall season.
Thanks,
Bala B.

Hi,
I had some how managed to implement the request for 4 months January to April and 8 months May to December and I stored it in a customization request and released to Quality.
But when I am moving to Quality it is showing no valid request exist.
Any suggestion how to correct it.
Thanks & Regards,
Bala.B.

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Edited by: user3532462 on 2008/08/28 2:57

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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28
25
31
28
26
30
28
25
29
27
24
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FP
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
2013
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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Edate
26
23
30
27
25
29
27
24
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Edate
25
22
29
26
24
28
26
23
27
25
22
31
FP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
2015
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1
2
4
5
5
7
8
8
10
10
11
12
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31
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4
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31
28
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5
6
7
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