Re: Fw: fiscal year change

Good suggestions from James Kilgore and "Al Mac", thank you.
The software was originally bought many many years ago, and there's been so
much customization that even the menus don't quite look like the original
(thank God).
Accounting periods are kept in *DEC (5P 0) fields in the record formats they
appear in:
CYYPD where C=century digit, YY=fiscal year, PD=fiscal period.
There are some files using fiscal year CYY...
There are a couple of files by fiscal year, with buckets that correspond to
the periods...






----- Original Message -----
From: <MacWheel99@aol.com>
To: Alan Cassidy <acassidy@pioneermetals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: fiscal year change


> You might also post this to the list for whatever application software
> package you are using.  Every ERP tends to have its own unique gotchas,
that
> you might not expect to be generally known on a general AS/400 users
> discussion.
>
> >  From:    acassidy@pioneermetals.com (Alan Cassidy)
> >
> >  I'm preparing for a fiscal year change coming up at the end of December
> > 2000. It will be the third accounting period for what is now our fiscal
> year
> > 2001, as in the old style.
> >
> >  The new parent company requires us to change to a calendar-type fiscal
> year,
> > which means January 2001 will be the first accounting period in the new,
> > improved, refreshed fiscal 2001.
> >
> >  Any suggestions on (generally) best approaches? Or...experiences,
special
> > gotchas...
> >
> >  - Alan Cassidy
> >  acassidy@pioneermetals.com
>
> MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
> AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax
> interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of
> Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical
> sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838
>
>

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