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# Table 5814 "Inventory Period"

> Table 5814 "Inventory Period" in Base Application (Microsoft.Inventory.Setup). 3 fields, 3 public procedures, 1 events. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC28.

Base Application · Microsoft.Inventory.Setup · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Inventory/Setup/InventoryPeriod.Table.al) · facts from BC29

Learn documents this table through its pages: [Page 5828 "Inventory Periods"](../page/5828.md) (1 Learn page).

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Inventory Period |
| DataClassification | CustomerContent |

## Fields

Explanation: the field's ToolTip in the code; without one, the ToolTip of a page control bound to the field (marked via the page); without that, its Caption (marked caption) when that differs from the name.

| No. | Name | Type | Explanation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ending Date | Date | Specifies the ending date of an inventory period is the last day of the inventory period. | NotBlank |
| 2 | Name | Text[50] | Specifies a descriptive name that helps users identify the inventory period. |  |
| 3 | Closed | Boolean | Specifies that an inventory period can be open or closed. | not editable |

## Keys

- Key1: Ending Date (clustered)

## Events published

- `OnBeforeIsValidDate(EndingDate: Date)` (integration)

## Procedures

- `IsValidDate(var EndingDate: Date): Boolean`
- `ShowError(PostingDate: Date)`
- `IsInvtPeriodClosed(EndingDate: Date): Boolean`

Plus 1 local procedures.

## Triggers

OnDelete, OnInsert, OnRename

## Relations

- lookup page [Page 5828 "Inventory Periods"](../page/5828.md)

## Referenced by

1 fields in 1 objects relate to this table (TableRelation or CalcFormula).

- [Table 5815 "Inventory Period Entry"](../table/5815.md): Ending Date

## Pages and codeunits on this table

- [Page 5828 "Inventory Periods"](../page/5828.md) (source table)
- [Codeunit 5820 "Close Inventory Period"](../codeunit/5820.md) (codeunit runs on it)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC24, BC28

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: "table", object_name: "Inventory Period")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.