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title: "Activate a financial period"
description: "When a new financial period starts, you may need to activate (open) it to be able to select this period in documents."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-financial-periods/activate-a-financial-period/index.md
lastmod: 2026-02-23
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# Activate a financial period

Last modified February 23, 2026

> When a new financial period starts, you may need to activate (open) it to be able to select this period in documents.


When a new financial period starts, you may need to activate (open) it to be able to select this
period in documents.
A financial period can be activated by using the [Financial periods (GL201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/financial-periods-gl201000/index.md) window.

You can open more than one period at a time.

1. Go to the [Financial periods (GL201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/financial-periods-gl201000/index.md) window.
1. In the table, review the list of financial periods.
1. Select the **Active** check boxes for periods you want to open for posting transactions
1. Click ![icon-save](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/media/visma-net-erp/icon-save.png).


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