Lock Consolidation Question

Is there any way to lock down a period to prevent it from being consolidated if it is not at OK status? The typical answer would be to consolidate, get to OK status, and then lock the entities. But, we are attempting to quickly archive out some prior period data, years 2006-2009, but thought that in order for roll forwards and other accounts to work properly we need to keep Dec 2009 YTD data. By leaving this data, but clearing Jan - Nov, we would run the risk of someone going into Dec 2009 and inadvertently Consolidating.
We could write a rule for No Input to the period, but is there another rule to prevent Consolidation on accident?
Thanks in advance!

Hi there,
We had a similar conversation a few weeks ago..Block Consolidation for Prior Period Unfortunately, we never heard what happened in the end.
Regards,
Thanos

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