Fiscal periods

A closing interval inside the fiscal year of one company.

Fields

The API name is what the API, MCP and the CLI use.

NameAPI nameTypeRequiredDescription
IDidRecord IDYes
Fiscal yearaccountingfiscalyearIdReferenceYes
NamelabelTextYes
Fiscal periodperiodWhole NumberYesPeriod number within the fiscal year, from 1 to 12. This is not the calendar month.
Period startdateStartDateYesCalendar date without time of date.
Period enddateEndDateYesCalendar date without time of date.
KindkindConstantYesFixed option from the allowed set for this field.
Reopen reasonuncloseReasonConstantBusiness reason to reopen a period that was already closed.
Unlock reasonunlockReasonConstantReason to lift a subledger lock during period close.
DatadataData
Created bycreatedByUser
Created atcreatedAtDate and TimeYes
Updated byupdatedByUser
Updated atupdatedAtDate and TimeYes
Closed byclosedByUser
Closed atclosedAtDate and Time
Blocked byblockedByUser
Blocked atblockedAtDate and Time
Archived byarchivedByUser
Archived atarchivedAtDate and Time

Relations

Owned records (solid line) are deleted with their owner. Grouped records (dashed line) can exist alone.

FieldPoints toKind
Fiscal year accountingfiscalyearIdFiscal yearsowned by

Actions

What you can do with a record. Every action also sends the webhook event accountingfiscalyearperiods.<action>. Reads (find, get, count) work on every table.

NameAPI nameDescriptionWhere
Finish closecloseHard-close the period after the close checklist passes. After the close, journal entries cannot post with a date in this period.App · WebMCP · API · CLI
Reopen perioduncloseReopens the latest closed period. After the reopen, you can post to this period again immediately.App · WebMCP · API · CLI

States

How a record moves from state to state. Archive and block can happen in any state.

Finish closeReopen periodCreatedClosed