Initialisation of period

how to initialise the posting period?

Hi
If you are using 4.6C and lower version you can initialise the Periods through MMPI. But 4.7 onwards there is no necessary of initialising the Period. As it will be done automatically..
Regards
MShetty.

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Unable to close the posting periods in MM

Hello
while using MMPV the system says that the date not current calender year. If I check OMSY the open year is 2002.I need to know that how you close the open periods of previous years.I am supposed to close all the periods one by one but how to close them for the year 2002.
I tried to initialise the periods as well but the system asks me to check OSS notes 487381 before initialisation.
Please guide me as I've read all the threads related to this error but still unable to close the periods.
Thanks & Regards
Ashish

Hi,
You need to close the periods one by one from 2002. There is no other way.
Go to OMSY check what is the current period,
e.g it is 02/2002.
then got MMPV,
Enter 03 and year as 2002 then execute, repeate till 12/2002,
then again start MMPV from 01/2003 to 12/2003. you have to perform this till current period of 2008.
Thanks
Edited by: anand k on Aug 20, 2008 12:44 PM

Error during GI due to posting period

Hi ,
I am getting an error during goods issue which says posting period not open.I guess that we have had deliveries that were created and in process while crossing over from one financial period to another quite frequently before, but we were still able to goods issue them in the next period. Can anyone tell me why this error happens and if there is any work around for this?
Thanks,
Hari.

Hi
Use T.code OMSY to see whether posting periods in MM are open.
Use MMPI--To initialise posting periods in MM
Use MMPV--to close posting periods in MM
Use OB52 to see the open and close Posting periods
make sure that the FI posting periods are in sync with the MM posting periods.
Regards
Aravind
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How to hide posting periods?

Hi,
I'm just wondering how one can hide posting periods that is not in use anymore? The system doesn't have that option as far as I can see, but I'm wondering if it's even possible?
These posting periods are under Administration - System initialisation - Posting periods.
After one has had SAP for a while, the posting periods are quite many. So we had a question from a customer asking how to hide the ones they're not using anymore (for instance periods from 4-5 years back).
Hope that you can help me to figure this out!
Br,
Lena-Marie Digre

Hi,
If just looking for correct posting period or find the correct posting period, move your mouse to the posting period window in what ever field or row of posting period, just right click and select filter table. In the filter table, just specify the posting period you want to find. It is more easy. Just use filter table feature. E.g. of the finding 2006-01:
in the filter table window:
the column Field : period code
the column Rule : Equal
the column Value : 2006-01
The value can be entered manually. you do not need to select / scroll down. Good luck.
Rgds,
JimM

Getting Error "Posting can't be made in period ...... and ......"

Hi ,
I am getting an error like "posting can't be made for period....." while posting a purchase Order receipt.
As per help I need to open required periods in finance and also need to check Posting period in Material master.
Could anyone pls help by step by step procedure for these activities
Regards
Sandeep

HI,
The simple answer is that the stock period is "moved on" to the next period by using MMPV.
If you enter todays date (or a date that is within the period that you want to be open) and the company code and select check and close. This should work fine, but ONLY if you are just one period late.
If the current period is (for example) 4 periods ago then you would have to move the period one period at a time until you reach the current period.
If it is WAY out and many months old you may have the option of initialising the period in one step with MMPI but this is to be used with caution and NOT in a live system.
Steve B

Re-opening a closed financial period

Hi,
Silly question, How do I re-open a previously closed financial period? We've closed a number of months in our financial year which I now need to re-open.
Thanks
Dan

Hi Dan,
you need to get into the posting period window & then reactivate the periods in question.
In 2007, go to Administration -> System Initialisation -> Posting periods
Click on the orange link arrow of the period to be reopened & then change the period status to the appropriate one.
Lower than version 2007, the posting periods are here:
Administration -> System Initialisation -> General Settings -> Posting Period tab.
Please check the on-line help for info about the period statuses.
Also, you need to keep in mind that if you add any postings to any of these periods, all reporting must be re-run.
All the best,
Kerstin

Opening Posting Periods

Hi Gurus,
Please guide me regarding the opening of the posting period.
Actually i closed the wrong period in MMPV, i.e instead of closing the 09/2007 period i closed 10/2007.Which opens the 11/2007 period .
Is there any way i can open the current period which is 10/2007.
Please guide me its very urgent.
Points will be rewarded.
Thanks in advance.
Bhasker

Hello,
This thread i found , following reply is given by Steve Brichall , Pls go thru this
" The system is simply indicating that your current period is an old one and you have to step through from this old period to the current period if it is more than one period old.
For example if you are currrently in period 07 2007 and the system is set to period 04 2007 then you have to use MMPV to get it to period 05, then use it agin to get it to period 06 then use it to get to period 07.
If the message is indicating that the period in the system is VERY old and if this system is just a development system or a play (sand pit) client. Then use MMPI to initialise the period to the current one. (you will need to add a parameter to your user id to do this, the parameter id is "MMPI_READ_NOTE" and you give it a value of 20070716 (current date).
You maintain this in your user settings (System > User Profile > Own data click on the parameters tab, add the parameter MMPI_READ_NOTE with the current date as above.
Then you can run MMPI with the current date and open the current period.
But NEVER use MMPI in a live and running system."
Kedar

Posting stock error

can someone help me out,while posting stock iam getting error
posting only possible in periods 2002/11 and 0000/00 in company code.
i know how to close periods in mmpv but here the error is i dont have specific periods to close

Hi,.
Your curent month has not been intialised,
I assume that you are in a development system and not your live system.
Try transaction MMPI to initialise the period to the current one (I am assuming that you have no postings in the system so far because the date has not yet been set).
Steve B

Extending the fiscal year

Forum,
It is likely that we are changing our financial year end on one company from 31st April to 31st August, the only viable way to account for this is to extend the year (rather than running a short year). Can you tell me what the procedure is for adding the extra 5 months to the end of this financial year?
Regards,
Juan

Hi Juan,
You can extend the Financial Year.
Goto Administration / System Initialisation / Posting Period
Here Change the   Posting Date       From To
                               Due Date            From To
                               Document Date From To
I have Tested in SAP 8.81 PL:06
Thanks,
Srujal Patel

DONT MISGUIDE PEOPLE

Hi All,
I would like to suggest you all people dont misguide people with inappropriate solutions. This is not the correct way.
Thire is one wrong method to open period. You can open the previous periods by deleting the plant assignment to company code. Once the assignment is deleted you can change the period in OMSY trxn code.
This should not be done in any productive system.
You should not delete assignment of plant.
To open previous period use MMRV & MMPI. you dont have any other options.
Reg,
Ashok

hi guru
frist of all openinga period is not advisable
i think the code mmpi is for *initialisation of period *
u cant openup the period in this
SAP itself said that try to use omsy then the mmpi
plz refer the help of the path given below
IMG Menu path Logistics General > Material Master > Tools > Initialize Period
read the help in which it said clearly that
However, to initialize company codes, you are recommended using the IMG activity Maintain company codes for materials management instead of this program.
plz if i am wrong plz let me know
regards
kunal

Period Initialise error

Dear All
At the time of period initialise through MMPI system through out the error as " Some materials are locked."
but materials status are all in active no deletion flag and not blocked in MMR views.
i have follow up the notes 487381 notes procedure for period initialise.
Regards
Anand..

material locked means that some other users are in update mode in material master maintenance or any transaction that will update material master.
You should initialize periods when nobody is changing data.

Initialisation Period according to SAP Note: 487381

Hi,
SAP Gurus, I have a problem
My fiscal year start from April to March. Unfortunately I open the period 11th i.e. February. Now I want to post in month of November ie. in Period 08.
I checked in MMRV where back posting allowed. So I can post only in the period 11th(February) and 10th (January).
Also checked in OMSY.
As my requirement is to post in the month of November ie08th period, so I start to follow the SAP Note: 487381 and done the following steps.
Useed Tcode MMPI, then gone to menu bar and select system -> user profile->owndata.In that screen , under the parameters tab entered MMPI_READ_NOTE in Parameter ID field and current date (12),current period(08), current year (2007)and pressed enter. I got then under short description initialize period: See SAP Note 487381. and Saved.
Again I went to MMPI enter company code, period and year and execute it, but I m getting error message
Follow the instructions in Note 487381 before initialization
Message no. MM016
Diagnosis
You want to run the period initialization program. Note that when you start the period closing with initialization, inconsistencies can arise.
Procedure
Note 487381 describes the possible data inconsistencies that can occur if you perform initialization in a productive system. The inconsistencies cannot be traced back to a system error, but instead the period closing with initialization. Therefore, these inconsistencies can only be cleared by using the chargeable remote consulting service. This is because in releases higher than 4.5, the period closer does not normally have to be started with initialization.
How to solve this problem.
Regards,
Biju K

Hi Bijay,
Here' a simple tip for you to solve this issue.
> Need to changed the fiscal year in TCODE OB52
- run tcode OB52 in the ecc system
- press select all button
- select EDIT
- change field contents
- select to fiscal year (period 1)
- enter
- put 2012 on the text box for with val and then press the replace button
- then press the skip button or (shift+f8) 5 times
- then click save button
> on the same system, run tcode SU3
- click parameter tab
- ParameterID      : MMPI_READ_NOTE
- Parameter Value : YYYYMMDD -> (Ex. 20120813)
- click save button
> Initialize preiod for materail master record
- run tcode MMPI
- From Company Code : 30000
- Period     : 8
- Fiscal Year       : 2012
- Press execute
> you will then see that the company code 3000 has been initialized
with the period selected which is 082012 in this case.
> this is just an example of the company code I used which is 3000 and I hi hope this will help you solve the issue.

How to Open and Close Posting Periods in MM

Hi,
I have opened posting periods for 10/2008 first and by mistake even 11/2008 and 12/2008 using MMPV.
Now when I am trying to do PGI from VL02N, the system says postings are only possible for 11/2008 and 12/2008.
How to close these two periods and default to 10/2008.
Please kindly help me to solve this issue.
Regards,
Gopi Krishna
SAP QA Lead

It is possible to re-open a previously closed period. However, it is NOT advisable to do so because the valuation data of the previous period could be affected.
In general, it is only safe to reopen a previously closed period when no material postings have been done after the period shifting to the new period.
If there has already been postings after the period shifting to the new period, reverting the period back will cause database inconsistencies in the history tables.
If you decide to proceed with this process, you can use the program RMMMINIT, but, please review the documentation of this program first!! and the check the SAP notes 487381 (for the error message that you are receiving) and the 369637 (for an explanation about the inconsistencies that will be generated.
Steps are as below;
Go to Transaction Code SE38
Enter program name RMMMINIT
Execute or press F8 function button
Enter your company code (From and To)
Enter relevant date: Say 01/03/2008 for Mar. 2008 month to be opened as of now
That means, user can post for the month of Feb 2008 as well as Mar. 2008
Refer SAP Note No. 487381 for more details.
As per SAP Notes 487381 ( If the periods are opened in advance in mmpv to again change it to current period the following process should be follow ), Go to Tcode MMPI, then go to menu bar and select system -> user profile->owndata.In that screen , under the parameters tab enter MMPI_READ_NOTE in Parameter ID field and enter, then under short description you will get Initialise period. Next Save.
Again go to MMPI enter company code, period and year and execute.
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Other way of doing it is follow these steps( But try this method in Sand box Only):
1. Go to OX18, and delete the plants assigned to your CO.Cd and save.
2. Go to OMSY and change the posting period to the one u want and save.
3.Go to OX18 and assign the plants you have deleted in step 1.and save.
regards,
indranil

To oprn old posting period

Hi all
Posting period open in my system is 03/2007.
I want 01/2007 to be open and all other periods to be closed.
How can I do it?Please explain in detail.Should I close 03/2007 by using MMPV and then open 01/2007?If so, how to open 01/2007 period, i mean T-code?
I tried OBSY but error message"data cannot be initialised".

Hi
You have to use MMPI.
But you may need to follow the instruction from OSS note 487381.
regards
Srinivas

Problem in entering stock as well as closing posting period for MMRs

Dear All,
Whenever I do goods receipt (tcode: MB1C, movement type: 561) and enter, it gives the error "Posting only possible in 2007/05 and 2007/04 in CoCd XXXX. I know I need to close posting periods for MMRs. But the while doing that using MMPV for 2007/06 and CoCd XXXX, it comes to a screen stating following:
<b>Client YYY
Period entered (month/year) :06 2007
Incorrect period in control rec of CoCd XXXX; no conversion The current period of record (month/year) is 05 2007</b>
Alternatively, I try to close period thru OMSY and change period on "Pe" column, a window pops up saying "The CoCd XXXX no longer be initialised"
Can anyone help on this? I'm stuck and can't go further. Reward points assured.

Hi
It is very clear from the meassage that the current period is 05/2007.
You have to close this.In the screen you have to enter 05 2007.Then it will close 5 th period and opens 6th period.then close 6th period so that it open the current period 7 (If the fisical year variant is calander year).
Regards
Ramakrishna

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