All financial transactions within each Accounting Period are reviewed and recognized on your General Ledger. After all of the revenue is recognized and adjustments are made, the financials are closed within that period. Unlike a Batch, Accounting Periods are NOT exported after they have been closed.
Only the Find, List, Run Query, Query Central), group item links are available in the Accounting Period group item. Accounting Periods are added in the Fiscal Year group item.
To navigate to the Accounting Period group item, click (or hover over) the Group Item Overflow menu and select Accounting Period.
The Accounting Period Profile Actions Bar contains the icons to Close Period: