Posting to closed year

Merle

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Feb 8, 2010, 2:24:09 PM2/8/10

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We closed the financial calendar for 2009. Everything worked well. We are
working in Jan 2010. Of course there are 2009 year end adjusting entries.
When trying to enter a 12/31/09 entry, we get the following message, "you can
not post to history unless an open year exist". 2010 is open. What is
causing this?

Mohammad R. Daoud

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Feb 8, 2010, 4:44:01 PM2/8/10

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Also make sure that "Post to History" option in General Ledger Setup (Tools>>
Setup>> Financial>> General Ledger) is checked.

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"Mick Egan" wrote:

> Merle,
>
> Check that there is no gap between the dates of the closed year and open year.
>
> Mick

Victoria [MVP]

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Feb 9, 2010, 7:27:59 AM2/9/10

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From http://victoriayudin.com/2008/11/14/year-end-close-in-dynamics-gp/:

To post to the last closed year:
1. Go to Tools > Setup > Company > Fiscal Periods and make sure the period
you want to post to is open (unchecked).
2. Go to Tools > Setup > Financial > General Ledger and make sure Allow
Posting to History is checked.
3. Enter and post your transaction. Read this before you look at your
posting journal: the entry will look like it is posted twice. It’s showing
up on the report twice because it’s updating last year’s balances and then
updating this year’s beginning balances. This is ok.
4. Go to Tools > Setup > Financial > General Ledger and uncheck Allow
Posting to History. While it is ok to leave this checked, I recommend
disallowing posting to history to avoid mistakes.
5. Go to Tools > Setup > Company > Fiscal Periods and close (check) the
period you opened in step 1. Again, you can leave the period open if you
want.

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Merle

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Feb 9, 2010, 8:12:01 AM2/9/10

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That box is checked

Merle

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Feb 9, 2010, 8:11:02 AM2/9/10

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There are no gaps between the dates

"Mick Egan" wrote:

> Merle,
>
> Check that there is no gap between the dates of the closed year and open year.
>
> Mick
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> "Merle" wrote:
>

Merle

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Feb 9, 2010, 8:17:01 AM2/9/10

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I've done all of these things. Remember I'm getting the message, "you can

not post to history unless an open year exist". 2010 is open. What is
causing this?

Victoria [MVP]

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Feb 9, 2010, 8:56:16 AM2/9/10

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Merle,

The only cause for this message that I have even seen is a gap between
fiscal years that are set up. If you have confirmed that this is not the
case, I would try running check links on the period setup logical tables
under the company series to see if that clears it up.

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