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Year end close

The page that runs the General ledger year-end close process from year-end close templates.

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1What it is and why

What it is	The page that runs the General ledger year-end close process from year-end close templates.
What you do here	Used to select a template, legal entities, fiscal year, closing period, and voucher number, and run the year-end close in batch to create the closing and opening balance transactions.
Example	Rerun the year-end close only for the legal entities where adjusting entries were posted.

Functional consultant · Solution architect

Business process	—
Menu path	General ledger › Period close › Year end close
Set up first	Year-end close template setup Microsoft Learn ↗General ledger parameters Microsoft Learn ↗Main accounts Microsoft Learn ↗Fiscal calendars Microsoft Learn ↗Purchase order year-end process Microsoft Learn ↗
Used next by	—
Related pages	Closing period adjustments Microsoft Learn ↗Ledger calendars Microsoft Learn ↗

End user · Functional consultant

Go to General ledger > Period close > Year end close.
Select the year-end close template.
On the Action Pane, select Run year-end close.
Select all legal entities in the template, or only those that have new adjusting entries.
Select the fiscal year to close.
If the last period has more than one closing period, choose one in the Period name field.
Enter a voucher number.
Leave the process to run in batch, and then select OK.

Field	What it means	Worked example	Table column
Period name	The closing period that receives the closing transaction, shown only when the last period has more than one closing period.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—
Voucher	A voucher number typed by hand; the same number is used for every legal entity in the run.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—
Show reversed	Shows or hides the history records of year-end closes that were reversed.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—
Reverse year-end close	Undoes a year-end close for one legal entity and fiscal year by deleting its opening and closing vouchers.Microsoft Learn ↗	—	—

Functional consultant

Setup step	Recommended value and why	Decision · common mistake · test
— No setup is made on this page.

Solution architect

Shared or per company	Shared: the same records are used by every legal entity. Microsoft data model ↗
Can it be undone	—
Feature or country	—
If you change it later	Running the close again either deletes and replaces the earlier year-end vouchers or keeps them and adds new ones, depending on a setting in General ledger parameters. Microsoft Learn ↗

Technical architect

Menu item	`Action:LedgerTransferOpening` Checked in Dynamics 365
Form	`LedgerFiscalCloseHistory` Checked in Dynamics 365
Table	`LedgerFiscalCloseGroup`Shown as “Fiscal close group” in Record infoKey field: NameChecked in Dynamics 365
Data entities	`LedgerFiscalCloseGroupEntity`Fiscal close group Microsoft data model ↗
Who can open it	PrivilegesTransfer the closing balance of one year to the opening balance of another `LedgerTransferOpeningProcess`DutiesMaintain closing transactions `LedgerClosingTransactionsMaintain` 3 security roles Accountant `LedgerAccountant`Accounting manager `LedgerAccountingManager`Accounting supervisor `LedgerAccountingSupervisor` Checked in Dynamics 365
Actions on the page	Buttons: Year-end close template setup, Validate year-end close, Run year-end close, Dimension usage count check historyChecked in Dynamics 365

Developer

Open it directly	`https://<your-environment>/?mi=Action:LedgerTransferOpening`
Integrate with	`LedgerFiscalCloseGroupEntity` data entity Microsoft data model ↗
Table definition	`LedgerFiscalCloseGroup` columns and relations Microsoft data model ↗

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