Page 100 "Accounting Periods"
Base Application · Microsoft.Foundation.Period
Across versions
- BC23-26present
- BC27declaration changed
- BC28-30unchanged
Neighbourhood 8 connected objects and pages
Base Application · Microsoft.Foundation.Period · BC23-30 · source at ea08af5e · facts from BC29
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Accounting Periods |
| SourceTable | Accounting Period |
| PageType | List |
| UsageCategory | Administration |
| ApplicationArea | Basic, Suite |
Fields on this page
Layout controls in source order, grouped by the container they sit in. Shows: the table field a control is bound to (or its expression as written); ToolTip: the control’s own, else the bound field’s (marked).
| Group | Control | Shows | ToolTip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control1 | Starting Date | Starting Date | Specifies the date that the accounting period will begin. from the table field |
| Name | Name | Specifies the name of the accounting period. from the table field | |
| New Fiscal Year | New Fiscal Year | Specifies whether to use the accounting period to start a fiscal year. from the table field | |
| Closed | Closed | Specifies if the accounting period belongs to a closed fiscal year. from the table field | |
| Date Locked | Date Locked | Specifies if you can change the starting date for the accounting period. from the table field | |
| Inventory Period Closed | InvtPeriod.IsInvtPeriodClosed(Rec."Starting Date") |
Specifies that the inventory period has been closed. | |
| Average Cost Period | Average Cost Period | Specifies the period type that was used in the accounting period to calculate the average cost. from the table field | |
| Average Cost Calc. Type | Average Cost Calc. Type | Specifies how the average cost for items in the accounting period was calculated. from the table field |
Actions
| Group | Action | ToolTip | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processing | Inventory Period | Create an inventory period. An inventory period defines a period of time in which you can post changes to the inventory value. | Page 5828 “Inventory Periods” |
| Create Year | — | Report 93 “Create Fiscal Year” | |
| Close Year | Close the current fiscal year. A confirmation message will display that tells you which year will be closed. You cannot reopen the year after it has been closed. | Codeunit 6 “Fiscal Year-Close” | |
| Reporting | Trial Balance by Period | Show the opening balance by general ledger account, the movements in the selected period of month, quarter, or year, and the resulting closing balance. | Report 38 “Trial Balance by Period” |
| Trial Balance (Obsolete) obsolete Pending 28.0; #if not CLEAN28 | Show the chart of accounts with balances and net changes. You can use the report at the close of an accounting period or fiscal year. | Report 6 “Trial Balance” | |
| Fiscal Year Balance | View balance sheet movements for a selected period. The report is useful at the close of an accounting period or fiscal year. | Report 36 “Fiscal Year Balance” |
Relations
- source table Table 50 “Accounting Period”
Pages and codeunits on this table
- Table 50 “Accounting Period” (lookup page)
Extended by
Recent changes
- 2026-08-04 #9584 636017 Move report action tooltips to report objects (small areas) (main, BC30, refactor)
Documented on Microsoft Learn
- Working with accounting periods and fiscal years
- Accountant experiences in Business Central
- Close accounting periods for a fiscal year
- Close fiscal years and accounting periods
- Post the year-end closing entry
Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).
Ask your agent
Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "page", object_name: "Accounting Periods"), then bcatlas_get_procedure_body or bcatlas_get_neighbors on the returned id.
Evidence 6 sources
- codesrc/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Foundation/Period/AccountingPeriods.Page.alreleases/29.x @ ea08af5e
- learnWorking with accounting periods and fiscal years
- learnAccountant experiences in Business Central
- learnClose accounting periods for a fiscal year
- learnClose fiscal years and accounting periods
- learnPost the year-end closing entry