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<Session ID="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1206m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Close Periods (tfgld1206m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to close and finally close periods for administrative reasons. You can close the periods for a number of financial companies of the financial company group.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Indicate the year for which you want to close a period. Select the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Final Closing</GUIRef> checkbox to set the period status to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Finally Closed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Select the period you want to close and click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Close Periods</GUIRef> button. Before you can close the periods for GLD, you must close the periods for the following modules:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The Accounts Payable(ACP) module.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The Accounts Receivable(ACR) module.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The Cash Management (CMG) module.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>If the period for integration is closed, no more new transactions can be inserted in the integration tables for the closed period.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>Before you run this session, you must close all the batches for the relevant periods. See the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1110m000" role="session">Finalization Run (tfgld1110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Closing periods</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You cannot create transactions in a closed period. However, a period with the status <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Closed</GUIRef> can be reopened in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0107m000" role="session">Period Status (tfgld0107m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</GeneralSection>
			<Paragraph>You cannot reopen a period that has the status <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Finally Closed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Important</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Periods can only be finally closed when all the recurring invoices are posted.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000005" role="manual">To use a details session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="year.f"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Year</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Select or enter the fiscal year to which the financial transactions are linked.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="module.select"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Module</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Select the module for which you want to close the periods.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The options are:</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>List Values</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="final"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Final Closing</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP finally closes the period.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The period has the status <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Finally Closed</GUIRef> and you cannot reopen the period to process remaining transactions.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>If this check box is not selected, the period has the status <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Closed</GUIRef>, but you can reopen it.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
