Entities

Period

An accounting period with its open, closed and locked status, per entity.

Volume

12 to 13 per entity per year

Retention

Indefinite

Entity attributes6
  • period_start / period_end
  • Certified periods must be immutable at the storage layer, not by application convention. No in-place update, no soft delete, and reopening must itself be an audited event.
  • period_id
  • legal_entity_id
  • Certified periods must be immutable at the storage layer, not by application convention. No in-place update, no soft delete, and reopening must itself be an audited event.
  • locked_by
Entity relationships1
Entity lifecycle4
  • — → Open
  • Open → Closed
  • Closed → Locked
  • Locked → Reopened