Ledger accruals posting to next open fiscal period

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Hello,

Is it possible to set up AX 2012 so that it becomes possible to post ledger accruals within 'next open fiscal period' when the spread includes a period which is 'on hold'?

Many thanks in advance!

Cyrille

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,911 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Cyrille,

This is not possible out of the box. To be able to do the accruals, each period should be open. You can actually consider a customization.

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Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Cyrille,

Can't you leave all of your periods open for a couple of accountants that post such accruals and lock them for others by making use of the module access restriction function?

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Ludwig

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Hello Andre, Ludwig,

Thank you, your responses are helpful. Is there any out of the box functionality in standard AX that allows postings to 'next open fiscal period' ?

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Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

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Hello Cyrille16,

Please define 'next open fiscal period' ideally by a simplified example.

What if there no next open fiscal period and all future periods are closed.

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Ludwig

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Hi Ludwig,

For instance, we are in open period March 2019, have all other months of 2019 open, except for Jun-Jul-Aug that are 'on hold'. My question is, does standard AX (any module) allow posting to Sep 2019 as it is next open period after Aug which is on hold?

I understand that ledger accruals post to open periods only but what about other modules?

Regards,

Cyrille

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Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Cyrille,

In your example September will get the amounts posted that should be recorded in Jun, Jul, Aug.

That is you will see 4x the accrual in September.

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Ludwig

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Hi Ludwig,

Correct, this is something I'd like to check if possible with standard AX without customization, as I understand, it is not possible, is it?

Regards,

Cyrille

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Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Cyrille,

You can test this. Simply create a GL journal for a vendor invoice and post an expense account as the offset account. Then use the accrual functionality and take a look at the transaction preview. In my example, I see the following for an invoice for a total of $12000 that is accrued monthly with your 3 months closed.

Please test this yourself in a demo/test environment.

Best regards,

Ludwig

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Cyrille16 141 on at

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Hi Ludwig,

It works indeed, I tried and succeeded but not in all test scenarios.

Consequently, have 2 more questions to you:

1) Is it standard AX functionality?

2) If so, is there any documentation about how it works available for me to make sure that I have full understanding of the logic behind spreading accruals across different open and on hold periods?

Regards,

Cyrille

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Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Cyrille,

What I shared and mentioned is a standard functionality that you should be able to replicate in any Microsoft 'Contoso' demo company.

You can find a documentation about this feature on the following site:

docs.microsoft.com/.../create-accrual-schemes

Hope this answers your questions.

Best regards,

Ludwig

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