How To Fix GX313 - There are open periods for company code & in the archiving period

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GX - Archiving/Reorganization

• Message number: 313

• Message text: There are open periods for company code & in the archiving period

What causes this issue?

The program checks the company codes concerned for open posting periods
in the period to be archived.
At least one company code (&V1&) was found for account type (or
"Masking") &V2& with existing open periods.
Account types are based on the following legend:

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

| Value | Description
| ---------- | -------------------------------------
| + | Valid for all account types
| A | Assets
| C | CO-PA: Profitability analysis
| D | Accounts receivable
| G | Special Purpose Ledger
| K | Accounts payable
| M | Materials
| S | G/L Accounts

System Response

Archiving does not take place.

How to fix this error?

Close the relevant posting periods and/or check your entries.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message GX313 - There are open periods for company code & in the archiving period ?

  The SAP error message GX313 indicates that there are open periods for a specific company code in the archiving period. This typically occurs when you attempt to archive data for a company code that has open accounting periods, which is not allowed in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  
  Open Accounting Periods: The primary cause of this error is that there are still open periods in the specified company code. SAP requires that all periods be closed before archiving can take place.
  Archiving Configuration: The archiving configuration may not be set correctly, or the periods may not have been closed properly in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Open Periods:
  
  Go to the transaction code OB52 (Maintain Table T001) to check the open periods for the company code in question.
  Review the periods that are open and determine if they need to be closed.
  
  
  
  Close Open Periods:
  
  If it is appropriate to close the open periods, you