1603611 - How to add a Shortend Fiscal Year Variant to a Set of Books.

How to add a Shortend Fiscal Year Variant to a Set of Books.

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1. Go to Business Configuration workcenter.
2. Go to Implementation projects view.
3. Select the Project and click on Open Activity List
4. Select the fine tuning activity Other Fiscal Year.
5. Create a New Fiscal Year Variant.
6. On the new screen, enter the data <XYZ>, Description, Number for Accounting Periods = <012> and mark the option Year-specific fiscal year variant.
7. After doing this you will get the new variant in the previous screen.
8. Navigate to the Deviant Fiscal Year and enter the information Fiscal year = 20XX & Number of Accounting Periods = 0XY(the requires shortend periods).
9. Navigate to the Period Details
10. Perform the action Generate Accounting Periods for Specific Fiscal Year and enter 20XX
11. This will generate the periods and now you have to adjust the start date and end date accordingly.
12. Once you change the dates of all the 0XY periods, press enter.
13. Perform the action Generate Accounting Periods for Specific Fiscal Year and enter 20XX +1.
14. This will automatically populate the rest of the periods which you require and that will be of subsequent 12 periods.
15. Save the New fiscal Year variant.
16. Go to Integrate and Extend in Business Configuration workcenter.
17. Select the activity Set of Books.
18. Create a New Set of books and here you have to maintain 'XYZ' as the Fiscal Year Varaint.

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