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I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

As far as I can tell - yup, pretty much

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

Hmmm.  I was under the impression that if you tried a prior period in a non GL module that it would post but use a date from the current open GL period.

As far as I can tell - yup, pretty much

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

I think we're talking about the subledger being in, say, 01/25 and the GL being in 10/24 and being able to post something to 10/24 from the subledger.

Hmmm.  I was under the impression that if you tried a prior period in a non GL module that it would post but use a date from the current open GL period.

As far as I can tell - yup, pretty much

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.

The point of closing is that you have completed your accounting for that period and you do not want anyone to make an entry into a period where you may have printed financial statements that have been distributed to a bank or other third-party.

You can definitely re-open those periods without a problem. And in some cases the closing also can purge or consolidated entries although I strongly advise customers to keep full detail until Sage starts to slow down. I've seen a TON of accountants who decide they don't need detail, then the accountant leaves, the next accountant comes in and huffs/puffs about how Sage GL can't even keep GL detail while their QuickBooks system from the place they used to work had full detail ....

@Beth Bowers so what is the point of closing a subledger period?  Just to purge the old history and roll up numbers?

I'm thinking that without those extra check boxes in Company Maintenance, the Cash Receipts was the only one that didn't let you post to a prior open GL period.