Opening/closing periods in DEV - good procedure

What's the best way to deal with opening or closing periods in a DEV system? This is a sandpit client in DEV that is normally closed to changes. Should I unlock the client and have the change trigger the creation of a transport, or not bother about forcing the creation of a transport, as it's not going anywhere?

Hey,
It is surprising that your Dev system is closed to changes. So how do you usually use it if you were to test your development prior to moving it to Q. Do you use the Original dev and copy the Transports to the sandpit?
Regardless.. based on your information.. have your Sandpit client unlocked...Unless there is a wierd but valid reason why it has been locked.. BASIS acts strange at times. CTS should be disabled as well. however it should not pose any issues if the transports hang around.. moroever you would not need to log your changes as they serve the purpose. Hope this helps

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Dear All,
When I close the existing period and open the new period in Dev Server, after click the Save button it asks Deployment Request No.
If we create new request and transport this deployment to Quality Server to start few testing.
When we do the same operation in Production Server, the system is not asking the Deployment Request number at the time of saving. It is allowing and saving directly. Why?
What is the difference between DEV/QA and PROD server for this kind action?
Could any one guide me.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
SS

Hi,
Actually open and close FI period (transaction code OB52) is a master data but In Development Server the basis consultants set up in sandbox clinet and quality client to generate a request no. if u change values in OB52.But this can be changed(modifiable with out generating Request No) in Development server for this transaction code.
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Opening & Closing periods

dear friends,
my client have a requirement as follow :
their current period in OMSY shows May and April, 2008 (i.e period 2 and period 1,2008)
now they want to do a entry for month of March i.e 12,2007( i.e period 12 for fiscal year 2007).
how to go about this.
thanks

Hi,
Go to OB52 change the year 2007 open the period and do the
posting.
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Query regarding Opened/Closed GL periods

Hello Gurus,
ive got an issue, when using 0FIGL_C01 Cube.
The query ive created balances on cumulative balance (as key figure) and GL account names (as hierarchy).
Now i want to show the data of cumulative balance regarding closed periods.
I.e. if we have current April month the balance should be 0, but all other in the past January, February, March should be displayed.
How it is possible to do this?
Ive tryed to create a calculated key figure, whith code something like:
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Hi Shrikant,
>
Shrikant Varma wrote:
> Yes, I could consider using belnr selection to reduce the size of the selection. This will again be a selection more
> based on knowledge of application(of course with fine tuning of packet size).
> But then this approach will not be as efficient and as easy as letting database take control of the iteration of this
> huge dataset - as is intended by the use of cursors with the help of packet size.
>
I'm not sure what you mean here: "let the database contorl the iteration of this huge dataset - with cursors".
Generally speaking you have 2 options when it comes to parallel processing:
Parallelize processes in the ABAP stack. These processes access different, non-overlaping, parts of your restult set
in parallel. Using the BELNR could be an approach to build different, non-overlapping paackages.
Database side parallelization. This is possible for every action that uses multiblock I/O (full table scans and index fast full scans) and for partitioned segments. For non-partitioned segments and single block I/O database side parallelization is not possible.
So, generally speaking, you have 3 options:
1.) parallelize in ABAP and build idependent packages
2.) force the DB to do multiblock I/O (full table scan, index fast full scan) in parallel
3.) partition your table and indexes.
I think (it's just my opinion) for an ERP (not BW / BI) system
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- option 1 requires programming in ABAP but will read exactly the data you need to read and can be controlled very well in the ABAP stack (parallel single block I/O will be used)
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Hermann

Log for the Closing Period & Opening Period -Urgent

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While Opening & Closing Periods in MM where will be the logs saved.
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Depreciation run 'stuck' in a closed period

Dear experts,
I have the following issue (PROBLEM )
Depreciation ran in Jan - no issues. Dep keys for 2 assets were updated in Feb from 0000 to an automatic key Z..., as a result depreciation was recaclulated as of Jan. Then user, by mistake, ran depreciation for Jan again to 'catch up' deprn on these 2 assets. He got an error log - period 01 is closed, which makes sense. In aw01n Jan now shows as green - posted, but when you drill down you see that Jan depn has not been posted and you see the error log again
Now the user is trying to run depn for Feb and gets the following message: Sorry, you had a run that was cancelled in Jan, you have to restart Jan first before posting Feb. There is no way Jan can be opened.
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changed key back to 0000, run AFAR to recaclulate deprn back to zero for these 2 assets, hoping to re-run AFAB for Jan for these 2 assets to get zero and have depn unstuck...didn't help.. still get an error message - period 1 is closed.
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Hello GURU
I have heard its porrible to open alrady closed period in MM in MMPI
But I would like to know your opinion and how exactyl this can be done?we are in 04 period now and user wnats to open period 01
thanks in advance
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Hello Hana,
It is possible to reopen a previously closed period. However, it isn't
advisable to do because the valuation data of the previous period could
get affected. If you decide to proceed with the process, please review
the documentation of program RMMMINIT (To see this documentation, please
do the following: SE38, RMMMINIT, and select the documentation button
and display).
Take into account the documentation of the program RMMMINIT:
"Caution
Be careful if the period used for initialization precedes the current
period in the control record for the company code since this can result
in an inconsistency between goods movements and material master segments
This is because the stock information in the material master segments is
assigned to the new current period in this case."
Please also review the note 70545 regarding the initialization
process. Although this note is NOT valid for your release, it provides
good information on the use of initialization for correction purposes.
Additionally, please review the note 369637 in this regard as well.
PLEASE FIRST PERFORM THIS IN A TEST/DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM PRIOR TO MOVING
TO PRODUCTION AS YOUR VALUATION DATA FROM PREVIOUS PERIOD WILL BE
AFFECTED. If you are satisfied with the results, then you can move it
to production.
Also see the SAP On-line documentation (http://help.sap.com):
Logistics - General (LO)
-> Logistics Basic Data (LO-MD)
-> Material Master (LO-MD-MM)
-> Period closing
In addition, as you know, please check the following note as well:
487381 - RMMMINIT: Protection against unintentionial execution
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Fábio Almeida
MM Consultant

Open an already closed period

Is it possible to open an already closed posting period? If yes, how? And is it recommended to open any closed period?
Thanks in Advance

Hello,
There are two different places where the period is closed in SAP.
a. FI period
Use transaction OB52.
b. MM period - MMPI
The help extract for the same is given below for your reference:
Short text
Initialize Period for Material Master Records
Description
This program must be viewed in conjunction with the period closing program (RMMMPERI). It does the following:
Sets the current period
However, do not use this program to set the new period at the end of a period, and use it only in addition to the period closing program, never instead of it.
Creates or updates the control record
Makes it possible to create material master records if you are initializing a company code for the first time
However, to initialize company codes, you are recommended using the IMG activity Maintain company codes for materials management instead of this program.
You can also use this program to correct data inconsistencies, for example, due to user errors when running the period closing program, or that occur as a result of skipping several periods in a test system. However, first make sure you understand why the inconsistency arose and then decide whether running this program is the correct way of resolving it.
Caution
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Example
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Track changes in opening / closing FI period

Does SAP have a standard report to track the changes made by opening / closing FI periods in a given date range for a particular company code using T Code OB52 and also track who has made the changes.
If there is no standard report what is the solution to get this

I would like to know steps or T-CODE for end year closing.
1) With TC: F.16 we can carry forward the balance to next year.
2) With TC: OBH2 copy the number ranges to next year
3) Open next year periods by selecting the Posting Period Variant.
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How about TC : OB52, when we can't run that steps?
Check List:
In order to arrive at correct profit or loss for the month following checklist can be followed:
Month end closing Activities
1) All the expenses including amortization, prepaid expenses, Preliminary expenses and accruals have been booked.
2) Complete Bank Reconciliation
3) Make sure that Sum of Inter company balances is Zero
4) Suspense Accounts should be cleared regularly.
5) Ensure that all documents related to MM & SD have been entered in system.
6) Ensure that all billing documents are released to accounting.
7) Calculate Overheads on all process Orders (CO43)
8) Technically complete all process orders which are fully processed (CORM).
9) Calculate Variance (KKS1)à (Relevant only if Standard cost is calculated).
10) Settle all process orders which are technically complete (CO88).
11) Close All settled Process Orders
12) Close MM period (Transaction Code: MMPV).
13) Carry out GR/IR clearing (F.13) transaction
14) Depreciation Run (AFAB) has been carried out for the month
15) Close FI Posting period after the month end closing activity is over.
Year end closing Activities
1) Calculate production work in progress on process orders which are not technically complete.
2) Carry out Assessment cycle for Cost Centers.
3) All month end closing Activities should be carried out.
4) Carry Forward Balances to next year
(With TC: F.16 we can carry forward the balance to next year.
With TC: OBH2 copy the number ranges to next year
Open next year periods by selecting the Posting Period Variant.
then test by posting the transaction in F-02)
We donu2019t use TC:OB52 for end year closing?
I have replied partly to your query. sorry for that. I have sent you the opening new year reords.
The closing procedure is as follows: -
1. Carry forward Vendor & Customer Balances: TC: F.07
2. Assets:
i) TC: OB 52 - for assets 2 years can be openned at a time.
ii) check which year is closed: TC: OAAQ
iii) Close the year 2004: TC: AJAB
Note: Unless depreciation for all the months is posted for all the assets you cannot close the year.
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Hi Adette,
You question can be answered in the following link.
http://sap.allisontransmission.com/saphelp/helpdata/EN/5b/d220ba43c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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I need to create a report query to get below result displayed in report output.
1)   -   Application name
2)   -    Ledger name
-o/ -Operating Unit
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The information on that page is great if you're trying to create a link to the document on the initial report.
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Here's a link the the instructions I used to create the initial search report with Oracle Text, mind you I only created the index and query, I didn't add in all the link data since they're using documents on websites and I'm using documents in a table.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/pdf/apex_text_application_v1.6.pdf
If you can help me with this I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks again.
Greg
Edited by: gjones77 on Dec 2, 2008 8:14 AM

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Hi,
Is there any way to set authorization for opening & closing of posting periods in OB52?
My scenario:
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The user belonging to CoCd A should not be able to open/close posting period of CoCd B and vice versa.
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Control the opening and closing period
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Opening and closing periods in FI

Dear FICO experts,
Just a quick question regarding OB52.
We have only 1 company code, can we use the same posting period variant in mulitple line items for the combination ALL account types and a range of periods that are open?
Posting period variant:0000
Account Type: +
Period from: 1
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Period to: 12
Year: 2011
Posting period variant:0001 (continue making new posting period variants for all account types as needed)
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Year: 2012
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Do we just adjust the one line item: example below
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Moderator: Company code is assigned to one variant; so the question is irrelevant

Hi,
The Posting Period Variant is just defined once and is not year dependent.
The second option that you maintained is the way how the Posting Periods are maintained.
Against the Same Posting period variant, you can have your open and closed periods and years maintained year after year.
Generally, you keep only 1 period in a year open, the current period, and at the most 2-3 periods in some cases, and that you can easily maintain in Range.
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