Posting Period in 2007

Question

Hello everybody,
I want to add a new posting period with the DI.
Unfortunately on the SAPbobsCOM.PeriodCategory object there is no property to set the period status.
Missing? Bug? Or is there another possibility to set this property?
Thanks for answers,
Michael

Answer 1

Hi Michael,
I've had a bit of a play and here's an example of how to create a new financial year. This combines creating a new period category with setting the properties of the individual periods within the category:
private void CreateNewFinancialYear(string sPeriodCat, string sPeriodName, SAPbobsCOM.BoSubPeriodTypeEnum sboPeriodType, DateTime dtBegFinYear)
            // Create an instance of the company service object
            SAPbobsCOM.CompanyService sboCmpService = (SAPbobsCOM.CompanyService)_sboCompany.GetCompanyService();
            SAPbobsCOM.PeriodCategory sboPeriodCat;
            SAPbobsCOM.PeriodCategoryParams sboPeriodCatParams;
            SAPbobsCOM.FinancePeriods sboFinancePeriods;
            SAPbobsCOM.FinancePeriod sboFinancePeriod;
            try
                // Create an instance of the period category object
                sboPeriodCat = (SAPbobsCOM.PeriodCategory)sboCmpService.GetDataInterface(SAPbobsCOM.CompanyServiceDataInterfaces.csdiPeriodCategory);
                // Set the properties for the new period
                sboPeriodCat.PeriodCategory = sPeriodCat;
                sboPeriodCat.PeriodName = sPeriodName;
                sboPeriodCat.SubPeriodType = sboPeriodType;
                sboPeriodCat.BeginningofFinancialYear = dtBegFinYear;
                // Add the period category and return the system key
                sboPeriodCatParams = sboCmpService.CreatePeriod(sboPeriodCat);
                // Get the newly created finance periods using the period category key
                sboFinancePeriods = (SAPbobsCOM.FinancePeriods)sboCmpService.GetFinancePeriods(sboPeriodCatParams);
                // Loop through the periods and change the status
                for (int i = 0; i < sboFinancePeriods.Count; i++)
                    sboFinancePeriod = (SAPbobsCOM.FinancePeriod)sboFinancePeriods.Item(i);
                    sboFinancePeriod.PeriodStatus = SAPbobsCOM.PeriodStatusEnum.ltUnlockedExceptSales;
                    sboCmpService.UpdateFinancePeriod(sboFinancePeriod);
            catch (Exception ex)
                _sboApp.SetStatusBarMessage("This sucks! The following error occurred: " + ex.Message, SAPbouiCOM.BoMessageTime.bmt_Medium, true);
I could then call this procedure as follows:
CreateNewFinancialYear("2009", "FY 2009", SAPbobsCOM.BoSubPeriodTypeEnum.spt_Months, System.Convert.ToDateTime("01/01/2009"));
For this example, I've looped through the periods and set the period status to 'Unlocked Except Sales', just to show how the periods are updated.
Kind Regards,
Owen