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How to lock a financial period?

General Ledger → Period Closing
This module is used to lock a specific period, for example, a financial year.
To lock a period, click the button Button to lock period in General Ledger module

1. Lock the entire period with all corresponding accounts:
Fill in only the “Closing date” field — this specifies the date up to which all entries will be locked, then click “Save.”
No entries can be created or modified up to the specified date:

Period closed for all accounts in General Ledger

2. Lock only selected corresponding accounts:
Fill in the fields “Closing date” and “Corresponding account code,” then click “Save.”
This will lock entries for the selected accounts up to the specified date.

Period closed for selected corresponding accounts

Note: To unlock a period, go to General Ledger → Period Closing and delete the locking record.

Deleting period closure record in General Ledger

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