Map Accounting Periods
Explanation
This activity is used to map accounting periods with the reporting periods of
a reporting period definition for a selected company. The purpose of this
activity is to identify the time period covered by a reporting period in terms
of the accounting calendar of the company. Instead of performing this activity,
you may manually specify the connections between reporting and accounting
periods of a selected company in the
Reporting/Accounting
Period Connections window.
Prerequisites
In order to perform this activity, a reporting period definition connected to
at least one company should exist.
System Effects
As a result of this activity, the reporting periods of the reporting
period definition will be automatically mapped with the accounting periods of
the selected company.
Window
Reporting
Period Definition
Related Window Descriptions
Reporting Period Definition
Companies per Reporting Period
Definition
Map Accounting Periods
Procedure
To map accounting periods for a selected company:
- Open the Reporting Period
Definition window and search for the reporting period with the
reporting periods for which you want to map accounting periods.
- Select the record, right-click and then click Companies per Reporting
Period Definition ID to open the
Companies per Reporting
Period Definition window.
- Select the company for which you want to map accounting periods,
right-click and then click Map Accounting Periods to open the
Map Accounting Periods
dialog box.
- Specify the time period for which accounting periods should be mapped
with the reporting periods by entering appropriate values for the From
Year and To Year fields.
- Select the Include Year End Period check box if you want the year
end periods in the accounting calendar to be included in the mapping.
- Click OK.