Symptom
When attempting to post to an Adjustment Period that is also a Special Period (e.g. periods 13–16 of fiscal year variant K4), the system automatically changes the fiscal period to the Normal Period of the posting date.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
Reproducing the Issue
The following example is using Fiscal Year Variant K4 (Jan-Dec) assuming only Special Adjustment Periods 13-16 are open:
- Posting date is set before December, e.g. in November.
- Fiscal period is manually entered as 13.
- Simulate.
- The system automatically changes the fiscal period to 11 (November).
- The posting is rejected, as this period is closed.
Cause
Special Periods can only be posted to when the posting date is in the final fiscal period of the fiscal year variant.
Resolution
Adjustment periods have no impact on the use of Special Periods. The system behaves as expected.
Keywords
Special periods, adjustment periods, fiscal period, final, manual, automatic, blocked, updated , KBA , FI-FIO-GL-PER-2CL , Periodic Activities Applications in General Ledger (PubC) , Problem
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