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We discussed this during our implementation and we were advised not to use 13 periods by JBA... We didn't have a really strong business case for doing it... I got in touch with our former JBA consultant that worked on our implementation and here is what they said...: "In the past there was a bug that messed up the GL balances (FLP004) if you ever ran a rebuild over a period 13. Most people don't remember that, run it, see their balances are messed up royally, then call JBA to fix it. Depending on the amount of data they have and the "clout" of the AS400, etc, this could take from a couple hours to run & fix, up to several days. Just to be safe, if someone has a period 13, they should do a "controlled rebuild", by only doing one year at a time (i.e., Period 1 - Period 13 for 2000, then the next). You have to keep changing the GL company profile to temporary reflect it as being the last period since the rebuild option only allows you to specify the starting period. It automatically runs until the "current open period in the GL profile". What a mess! Don't know if they ever fixed that bug..." So, I would suggest you try to avoid the 13th period unless there is a strong business case for doing it... If you don't have source code does that mean you're not on maintenance either...? No need to answer that... You've been warned... There are probably some customers out there using 13 periods without any problems, if so I wonder if they will post any replies here... Good luck... "Neil Thursby" <neil.thursby@fone-logistics.co.uk> on 06/18/2002 06:14:38 AM Please respond to jbausers-l@midrange.com To: jbausers-l@midrange.com cc: (bcc: Jeff Klipa/Harvard) Subject SYS21 - GL period 13 : I've been requested to set-up a period 13 for use at year-end. Does anyone else operate in this way, can you tell me how to define this period in the Calendar file and any other things to watch-out for? Many thanks in advance, Neil. _____________________________________________________________________ This transmission and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the named addressee (s). If you are not the addressee, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this transmission and please notify us immediately by telephone on +44 (0) 1670 594848 or by reply. Please then delete this transmission from your system. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from viruses, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient must ensure that they in fact are virus free. No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Fone Logistics LTD by means of email communications. _______________________________________________ This is the GEAC/JBA System 21 Users (JBAUSERS-L) mailing list To post a message email: JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/jbausers-l or email: JBAUSERS-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/jbausers-l.
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