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What does Date Lock do in Accounting Periods and how do you locked it in Navision 2018?

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May I know what does Date Locked do in Accounting Periods and how do you lock it?

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Nitin Verma 21,812 Moderator on at

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Hi joshtechsolutions ,

Once the financial year is closed, Date is already locked the same time, means that you can not do any transaction while date is locked in the system.

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Hi Nitin,

I have checked that even when date is lock and the period is close, I can still create and post the entries .

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YUN ZHU 101,250 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, hope the following helps.

https://redthree.com/month-end-closing-in-dynamics-nav/#:~:text=Date%20Locked%20means%20the%20date,t%20change%20it%20after%20that.

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ZHU

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