How to: Specify Posting Periods
When you specify posting periods, you limit the period in which posting is allowed.
To specify posting periods
In the Search box, enter General Ledger Setup, and then choose the related link.
In the General Ledger Setup window, on the General tab, in the Allow Posting From field, specify the start date of the posting period.
In the Allow Posting To field, specify the end date of the posting period.
The dates are validated against the allowed posting ranges to make sure that they belong to open fiscal years. For more information, see Allowed Posting Range.
To verify what the allowed posting range is, on the Actions tab, in the Functions group, choose Get Allowed Posting Range.
The dates that you define here apply to the whole company, that is, to all users.
Note
You can define different posting periods for different users and apply a posting period to a user in the User Setup window. If you enter dates here, the dates entered on the General tab in the General Ledger Setup window will not apply to these users.
See Also
Reference
Concepts
Fiscal Periods and Fiscal Years