How do I set/edit/close/open/delete a Financial Period?

Once you have created Financial Periods, they will be added to Transactions and displayed in reports.

Financial Periods will also prevent transactions from being posted to the period when the intended period is closed. New transactions can still be allocated to transactions dated within the period, but no transaction created once a financial period is closed can have a posting date within that period.

When setting up Financial Periods for the first time, the current and next Financial Periods should be created at a minimum; however, best practice suggests creating the entire year of Financial Periods. The subsequent year Financial Periods should be created at least three months prior to year end.

Best practice would be to keep only current and next Periods open at a time.

Set the Feature Flag

In Settings>All Settings>Features, make sure the flag Financial Periods is ON.

Create a Financial Period

Navigate to Accounting>Accounting Settings>Financial Periods.
Financial Periods can be searched by Period, Year, Description, or Status (open/closed) by clicking on the icon.
Click + Add Financial Period.
In the resulting new row, enter a Period, End Date, Financial Year, and optionally a Description.

Period #: this is a free text field.

Start Date: if this is your first Financial Period, you will be able to set a Start Date. This field subsequently defaults to the day following the last day of the previous Period and is not editable.

End Date: choose a date after the Start Date.

Financial Year: this is a free text field.

Description: this is a free text field.

Status: the new Period is open by default.
Click Save.