PO Period Close Tab

Make the following menu selections to display this tab:

ePO—End of Period—Period Close

Use this tab to perform a period close for the purchase orders. Because eFinancials and ePO can appear on the same menu and are both available to eFinancials users, permission setup must be completed carefully.

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Create recurring POs

If you have recurring purchase orders set up, select this check box to create recurring purchase orders during the period close process. Refer to Recurring Purchase Orders Tab for more information.

Run Soft Close for all selected PropertiesCompanies

Select this check box if you want to run a soft close instead of a hard close. For more information, refer to Period Close Overview.

Grid

Check boxes

Select check boxes beside the PropertiesCompanies you want to close. Select the top check box to select all PropertiesCompanies in the grid.

Property Company

The PropertyCompany ID that appears on lists and in reports.

Period to Close

The display-only period that will be closed when the Hard Close process is run. This column disappears when you click the Run Soft Close for all selected PropertiesCompaniescheck box, as a Soft Close does not close the period; it rolls the current period to the next period. For more information, refer to Period Close Overview.

Current Period

The display-only period to which transactions in the batch are set up to post.

Information

A description of the readiness of the PropertyCompany to close; for example, Ready to Close or Unapproved Batches. If there are unapproved batches, click the link to go to the Setup Batches tab to approve batches so you can close the period for that PropertyCompany.

Cancel

Click to stop without saving changes.

Run Period Close

Click to run the period close process for the selected PropertiesCompanies.

ClosedTo Run Period Close

  1. At Create recurring POs, select this check box to create recurring purchase orders during the period close process.

Note

If Create recurring PO's check box is selected during period close, the period close process will be completed for the ending date of the next accounting period for the PropertyCompany being closed.

  1. Select the Run Soft Close for all Selected PropertiesCompanies check box if you want to run a Soft Close.  Or, if you want to do a Hard Close do not check the check box. For more information, refer to Period Close Overview.
  2. Select the check boxes beside the PropertiesCompanies you want to close. Or, select the top check box to select all PropertiesCompanies in the grid.
  3. Click Run Period Close.
  4. Click OK.

Note

After you run this procedure for a PropertyCompany, the Active AP Periods Tab displays the period close date and the name of the person who closed the period for that PropertyCompany. The system captures this information automatically.

See Also

Purchasing Concepts and Processes

Error Messages

Reopening a Closed Period