3263889 - Error Message: Cannot Close All Periods in Fiscal Year YYYY; Bal.Car.Fwd. Not Finished

Error occurs when trying to close the accouting period AAA of the current year YYYY. (AAA represents the accounting period. YYYY represents the current fiscal year.).

Error: Cannot close all periods in fiscal year YYYY ; Bal.Car.Fwd. not finished

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to the General Ledger work center, and choose Open and Close Period under Common Tasks.
2. Filter for the relevant company and set of books.
3. See that period AAA of fiscal year YYYY is opened, and all the other accounting periods of fiscal year YYYY are closed.
4. Select fiscal year YYYY, period AAA and click 'Close Period'.
5. System gives error message: "Cannot close all periods in fiscal year YYYY; Bal.Car.Fwd. not finished".

The reason is that the Balance Carryforward Run for year YYYY has not been performed. Therefore, it's not possible to close all the periods in fiscal year YYYY. At least one accounting period need to be opened for fiscal year YYYY.

It's not possible to close all the periods in fiscal year YYYY.

In order to close period AAA and open another accounting period CCC in fiscal year YYYY, first need to open all the periods between AAA and CCC. Then close all the other periods except for the accounting period CCC.(CCC represents another accounting period).

1787760 - Cannot Open Fiscal Period

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