Period start and end dates

Question

Hello Experts,
Can some tell me where we enter the start and end dates of a posting period in a fiscal year which is a year dependent and a non-calendar year?
For ex: Jan 2008, I have to mention the start and end dates of the fiscal period January, because ours is not a calendar year and so the jan 1st and Jan 31st do not correspond with the January's posting period dates.
Regards,
Sriram

Answer 1

Hi Sriram,
As Vj suggested, go to transaction OB29.  Then select the fiscal year variant and upon selection the variant, click on "Period".  This will open up dialog box asking for the fiscal year for which you want to configure.  Enter the fiscal year and hit enter.  This will open up the calendar table to enter the period entry which has 4 columns: Month, Day, Period and Year Shift.
Make sure you are entering the correct Year Shift.  Logic for the Year Shift is as follows.
+1 if the fiscal year is later than the calendar year
-1 if the fiscal year is before the calendar year.
0 if the fiscal year is same as the calendar year.
One example of year shift:
Say, if you are configuring the fiscal year 2007 (April 2007 to March 2008), then January 2008 is your 10th period.  Here you hare to enter -1 in Year Shift Column only for January to March (10-12 period) as your fiscal year 2007 is less than the calendar year 2008.
Hope this helps.
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With Regards,
Chirag