Generate Financial Period Dialog Box

Overview

Use this dialog box to automatically create a batch of new financial periods.

Screen Elements

Last Period Finish Date

The latest finish date of all the financial periods.

Batch Start Date field

The date the batch begins.

Batch Finish Date field

The date the batch ends.

Period Cycle options

Choose from one of the following to set as the period cycle:

Weeks: Select the period cycle by weeks.

Months: Select the period cycle by months.

Year: Select the period cycle by years.

Every field

Choose the frequency of selected period cycle.

Tip

Although the application will alert you in each case, be aware of the following constraints when creating or configuring financial periods:

Getting Here

On the Navigation Menu, expand Administration and click Enterprise Data.
On the Enterprise Data page expand Global and click Financial Periods.
On the Financial Periods page, click the Financial Periods tab.
On the Financial Periods tab, click Actions and click Generate Financial Periods.