Use Consolidation Period Cross-Reference Maintain (25.19.1.3) to create cross-references between GL periods in a consolidating entity and GL periods in source entities. You define these cross-references in the source entities.

You must lock the GL periods of the source entities before consolidation. To lock the period, you must ensure that no unposted transactions exist in these periods, since the system prevents you from saving the consolidation when unposted transactions exist in a source entity.

You can define GL periods at domain level and at entity level. Entities within the same domain are automatically given the same GL period structure, and when the source and consolidation periods are identical, the system performs an automatic one-to-one mapping.

Entities from different domains may have different GL periods, or you may define different GL periods per entity. For example, you may be using a correction period for an entity, which is numbered period 13 in this entity’s calendar. In this case, you can map this period to period 12 of the consolidation entity GL periods. In GL Period Mapping, the GL periods of three source entities with different calendars are mapped to the consolidation GL periods.

The system displays the source entity year and periods. You then enter the consolidation year and period to which it is mapped.