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title: "Configure a book calendar"
description: "You add a book calendar for each non-posting book that you add to the system by using the Book calendars (FA206000) window."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/books-and-book-calendars/configure-a-book-calendar/index.md
lastmod: 2026-02-19
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# Configure a book calendar

Last modified February 19, 2026

> You add a book calendar for each non-posting book that you add to the system by using the Book calendars (FA206000) window.


For more information: [Book calendars (FA206000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-asset-windows/book-calendars-fa206000/index.md).

You add a book calendar for each non-posting book that you add to the system by using
the [Book calendars (FA206000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-asset-windows/book-calendars-fa206000/index.md) window.
For each calendar, you have
to define the parameters of the financial year, including its starting and ending
dates and its periods.

1. Go to the [Book calendars (FA206000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-asset-windows/book-calendars-fa206000/index.md) window.
1. In the **Book** field, select the book for which you want to set up a book calendar.
1. In the **Financial year starts on** field, specify the starting date of the first financial year in which your company wants to keep records in Visma Net.
1. In the **First financial year** field, review the first year based on the starting date. If you want to change the first financial year, change the starting date, as described in Step 3.

    > [!NOTE]
    > If you plan to start recording operations at the very start of the financial year, select the previous year as the first financial year. This will allow you to enter initial account balances in the period before the first period of actual transactions.
1. To set up the first year of the book calendar, in the **Year starts on** field, select the date for the start of the book calendar year.

    The system then determines the first book calendar year.
1. In the **First financial year** field, specify the first year in which your company wants to keep records in Visma Net.

    > [!NOTE]
    > If you plan to start recording operations at the very start of the financial year, choose the previous year as the first financial year. This will allow you to enter initial account balances in the period before the first period of actual transactions.
1. If the start date of the book year belongs to the next financial year, select the **Belongs to next year** check box.
1. To define the periods of the year, in the **Period type** field, select one of the following options:

    + **Month**: Each period lasts one month, and there are 12 periods per year.
    + **Two months**: Each period lasts two months, and there are 6 periods per year.
    + **Quarter**: Each period lasts a quarter, and there are 3 periods per year.
1. Select the **Adjust to period start** check box if the period is to be aligned with the starting and ending dates of the corresponding calendar period.
1. Select the **Add adjustment period** check box if you want the system to generate an adjustment period.
1. In the toolbar, click **Generate periods**.
1. If the periods have not been generated as you expected, click **Delete** in the toolbar to remove the generated periods; then adjust the settings and click **Generate periods** to regenerate periods.
1. Click **Save**.


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