Friday, August 31, 2012

Fiscal year Variants


Fiscal year variants helps in defining the relationship between the calendar and fiscal years, it is specifying the number on of posting periods and special posting periods required in fiscal year. There can be maximum 12 posting periods and 4 special periods in General Ledger (GL) accounting.
Special Periods: Besides the normal 12 posting periods, SAP allows for defining maximum of 4 more posting periods it is known as special periods. This periods is used for year-end closing activities.

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FV
Description
No. posting
No. posting period
No. special period
TE
Apr-Mar 4 – spl
12
12
4 (maximum)

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Select your fiscal year variant code (TE) and double click on period folder
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Month
Day
Period
Year shift
04 (April)
30
1
0
05 (May)
31
2
0
06 (June)
30
3
0
07 (July)
31
4
0
08 (Aug)
31
5
0
09 (Sept)
30
6
0
10 (Oct)
31
7
0
11 (Nov)
30
8
0
12 (Dec)
31
9
0
01 (Jan)
31
10
-1
02 (Feb)
28
11
-1
03 (Mar)
31
12
-1
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