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Accounting EOY: Year-end closing process

Guidelines for completing the financial year-end in UBS after audit completion, handling last year batches appearing in the current year, and understanding the number of accounting periods supported.

Updated over 2 months ago

The UBS Accounting System is designed for flexibility, allowing you to manage periods from 1 to 18 effortlessly. To ensure a smooth transition between financial years, it's essential to perform Year-End Processing at the conclusion of Period 12. This crucial function is conveniently located under the

  • Housekeeping menu in the Year-End Processing section.

Checklist before you proceed to run Year-End processing:

Run General Scan

  • Run the report in General and scan all batches.

Run Batch Range Report

  • Run the report for Batch 1 to 9999.

Review Report Results

  • Preview the report and check Batch Balances and Period Balances.

  • Ensure the result shows “Yes.”

    • If it shows “No,” this indicates balance discrepancies.

    • Note down the batch number(s) and review the transaction balances in those batches.

Check Records in File

  • Go to Housekeeping, Check Record in File.

  • Look for any bad records.

Identify and Correct Errors

  • List down transactions with errors.

  • Make the necessary corrections for each transaction.

Run Data Integrity Check

  • Go to Housekeeping, Check Record in File, Data Integrity Check, OK.

  • Record transactions showing “Yes” results.

  • Correct any transactions flagged with errors.

Print Financial Reports

  • Once all data checks are completed, print the required financial reports.

Upgrade Data Files

  • Go to Housekeeping, Upgrade Data Files, OK.

Run File Organization

  • Go to Housekeeping, File Organization.

  • Select Mark All, OK.

Backup Data

  • Perform a full data backup by referring to the FAQ.

  • If there are many backup files or folders, save them separately in a dedicated folder within the database directory.

Run Year-End Processing

  • Go to Housekeeping, Year-End Processing.

  • When prompted for the account period, enter 12.

  • Enter your password and click OK.

  • The program will close automatically once the process starts.

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