Data Collection with Shifted Fiscal Years 
Data Collection with Shifted Fiscal Years
Use
The fiscal year variant links the calendar year with the fiscal year. It determines how many periods and special periods a fiscal year has, and assigns the accounting period to each calendar time frame. If the fiscal year periods differ from the calendar year periods, this is referred to as a "shifted fiscal year".
During data collection in Consolidation the system must determine the fiscal year variant that is relevant for consolidation.
Features
The procedure how the system determines the fiscal year variant depends on the data transfer method. This usually
involves the fiscal year variant you specified in Activating Data Transfers .Realtime Update
The system converts the posting date to the period and fiscal year using the fiscal year variant of the consolidation unit.
The following illustration shows the conversion using an example:
Periodic Extract
The system posts the periodic extract data to the consolidation database using the period and fiscal year that is set in the global parameters.
Rollup
When creating a rollup, the system uses the fiscal year variant for consolidation which you specified in the Implementation Guide setting Activate Data Transfers.
If the company code data for the rollup is kept in the sender ledger under a different fiscal year variant, the system converts the periods in the rollup.