When posting a document or an assignment, you can do the following:
Specify a special period on document header level. This is then used when transferring the posting to the general ledger
Specify explicitly that the document is not to be posted in any special period
Note
Prerequisite for this is special authorization 140 in authorization object F_KK_SOND
For all other transactions and automatic processes, and if you do not have the special authorization mentioned above, you can specify the special periods that the system enters in the document header by default, dependent on the posting date, in the SAP Menu under:
.This default special period is the same as the one proposed to a user with special authorization on the entry screen for creating a document. If you want to post a document across company codes, you can specify that the special period entered be converted to an alternative special period in specific company codes during transfer to the main ledger in the SAP Menu under:
.Caution
If the entered special period is already closed at the time of transfer to the general ledger, you can specify the special period in which the transfer is to take place in this case in the SAP Menu under:
.If the special period you want is already closed at the time of transfer to the general ledger and you have not defined another open special period in the SAP Menu under:
, you can perform the transfer posting with an alternative posting date (in the new year) under: .